The Legionary

by Peter Connolly

Book Overview

With the ingenuity of a detective, Peter Connolly has brilliantly reconstructed the life of a Roman soldier--who lived less than a hundred years after the death of Christ--by using a vast array of archaeological material, including tombstones and original Roman documents written on papyrus found in the sands of Egypt and Syria. The soldier's name was Tiberius Claudius Maximus and he served under the emperor Trajan, in his great wars in Central Europe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199104255
• ISBN13: 9780199104253
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9