About This Book:
*Review Contributed by Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
Because most children don’t get introduced to ancient history until middle school, this book does a great job of providing all the necessary details about Roman soldiers in a succinct way. It discusses who was able to serve, how armies were organized and equipped, how soliders trained and fought in battles, and what calvary soldiers did. There is even information about what happened during a siege (including information about not only catapults, but ballistae and onagers as well!), a bit about ancient medicine, and living conditions for soliders. There is a complete index at the end of the book, which is beautifully decorated with the same mosaic pattern found on the end papers.
When I taught Latin years ago, one of the most popular historical topics was always anything about the Roman army. One of my students did a project that included a Romanc shield made out of a plastic sled and half a Leggs Egg! He wasn’t the best student at the language, but his project was top notch. This book would have plenty of information to provide for similar projects on several different aspects of the Roman military. Even I have to admit that their fighting formations are rather clever.
Young historians will appreciate the British Museum’s wealth of information in this book, and will also enjoy Ruzicka and Tuma’s Ancient Rome for Kids, Ralph’s Secrets of the Dead about Ancient Egypt, and Marx’s Hide and Seek History: Ancient Greece. Sasek’s This is Rome is a good overview of the general time period, and there are also plenty of Dorling-Kindersley books on many Ancient Roman topics.
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