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Ranks of Bronze Author: Captured by aliens at the Carrhae disaster, the legendary legions of Rome are forced to battle barbarian armies throughout the galaxy until, after two thousand years, they set out to achieve their freedom from their captors.
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David Drake is, of course, one of the masters of SF, and this novel takes one of the classic ideas and runs with it. What if . . .?
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The aliens were looking for a few good fighters, warriors who could be brave without blasters, and content with shields of bronze . . . What they got were ROMANS!
Gaius Vibulenas--from a raw kid, he became an accomplished soldier and a leader of men
Quartilla--She was everything a man could want---you'd never guess she wasn't human
Pompilius Niger--He learned young that the worst dangers a soldier faces come from those who give him his orders
Clidius Afer--a veteran, he didn't ask questions--until his alien masters forced the answers on him
The aliens knew that in these primitives they possessed the finest low-tech soldiers in the galaxy. What they did not understand was the madness of enslaving a Roman legion and leaving them with swords in their hands.
From back cover:
The aliens were looking for a few good fighters, warriors who could be brave without blasters, and content with shields of bronze . . . What they got were ROMANS!
Gaius Vibulenas--from a raw kid, he became an accomplished soldier and a leader of men
Quartilla--She was everything a man could want---you'd never guess she wasn't human
Pompilius Niger--He learned young that the worst dangers a soldier faces come from those who give him his orders
Clidius Afer--a veteran, he didn't ask questions--until his alien masters forced the answers on him
The aliens knew that in these primitives they possessed the finest low-tech soldiers in the galaxy. What they did not understand was the madness of enslaving a Roman legion and leaving them with swords in their hands.
Roman legions & SF
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