'Shortly after Marcus Aurelius came to power in AD 161, the Roman Empire was racked by a series of military crises. While unrest in Britain and a new war with Parthia were swiftly dealt with, the invasion of Roman territory by the Chatti and Chauci peoples heralded a resurgent threat from the empire’s European neighbours. Soon the Marcomanni and the Quadi, as well as the Dacians and the Sarmatian Iazyges, would attack the Romans in a series of savage conflicts that continued until AD 175 and would involve the first invasion of Roman Italy since the beginning of the 1st century BC.'
Marc talks to Murray about his latest Combat title for Osprey on Marcus Aurelius' Marcomannic Wars, Barbarian Warrior vs Roman Legionary: Marcomannic Wars AD 165–180.
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AWA303 - Who were the Thureophoroi?
AWA302 - Why are there less writings on Roman imperial wars?
AW301 - Rams
AWA300 - What really happened at the battle of Marathon?
AWA299 - Who or what made the decisions about where Roman army units were based or moved around the Empire?
AWA298 - How were ancient negotiations organised?
AWA297 - Was Mons Graupius a great victory?
AWA296 - The Praetorian Guard
AW295 - The Challenges of Campaigning
AWA294 - What really happened at the battle of Pydna?
AWA293 - Who were Rome's most remembered enemies?
AWA292 - Who were the Hypaspists?
AWA291 - Who is Muray’s favourite general?
AW290 - A Biography of Thermopylae
AWA289 - Losing well
AWA288 - Taking Position on the Right
AWA286 - Low Casualty figures
AWA285 - Where are the Light Armed Troops?
AWA284 - Comparing the Byzantine conquest of Vandal North Africa with the Punic Wars
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