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Pages: 84
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Shire Publications
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Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-17 - Publisher: Frontline Books
From the Latin warriors on the Palatine Hill in the age of Romulus, to the last defenders of Constantinople in 1453 AD, the weaponry of the Roman Army was const
Language: en
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Pages: 84
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