The Dacians and Getae at War
4th Century BC– 2nd Century AD
$29.60
- Paperback
48 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2024
Summary
This intriguing book describes the Romans’ formidably warlike enemies in modern Romania and Bulgaria – their ‘most illustrated’ opponents, thanks to friezes on Trajan’s Column and carvings on Trajan’s Adamklissi monument.
Formidable warriors, able to field tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and led by a military aristocracy, the Dacians and Getae presented a real threat to Rome’s north-eastern frontier. They inflicted several defeats on Rome, crossing the Danub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472854537 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472854535 |
| Author: | Andrei Pogacias, Catalin Draghici |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 180mm x 244mm |
| Series: | Men-at-Arms |
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Critics Review
well-produced, extensively illustrated and carefully edited little book. * Army Rumour Service *
Andrei Pogacias
Andrei Pogacias was born in 1980 in Romania. He studied Law, then History and International Relations at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj (Romania), where he also did an MBA in Conflict and Crisis Management and a PhD about the 18th century wars between Austria, Russia and Turkey. He works as an editor for a major Romanian publishing house and is also a translator and freelance military historian. He has published on Eastern European military history, from ancient times to the First World War and is currently working on books in both Romanian and English. His hobbies are puzzles, military figures and models, historical re-enactment and heavy metal music. One of his dreams is to present the true history of Romania to western audiences in the best way possible.
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