So You Want to Be a Roman Solider

This humorous and handy guide contains all the information aspiring legionaries need to know about life in the Roman army. Expert tips include: how to care for your Roman sandals; how to operate a catapult; what to wear and not to wear on campaign; how to sack a city; and how to avoid getting a javelin through your skull. Based on the bestselling book Legionary , by Roman history scholar, Philip Matyszak, So you want to be a Roman soldier? features the latest scholarship and is illustrated throughout with the zany illustrations of Japanese cartoonist, Takayo Akiyama. The result is a book that brings to life the experience of being a Roman soldier in 100 ce - from dealing with stinky bunk mates to surviving bloody battles - through a crew of likeable (as well as highly disagreeable) characters.

Product details

• Authors: Takayo Akiyama, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Amson-Bradshaw Georgia, Philip Matyszak
• Assisted by: Takayo Akiyama (Illustration), Akiyama Takayo (Illustration)
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780500651834
• ISBN: 978-0-500-65183-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: So You Want to Be a ...; So you want to be
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Rome, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's / Teenage), BCE to c 500 CE, 2nd century, c 100 to c 199