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Horizontal water wheel for grinding grain. Mid Roman Republic. The more familiar vertical wheel required gears and was unavailable until 14 AD.
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I am J. Clifton Slater and I write Military Adventure both Future and Ancient. Currently in the works is book #11, Unjust Sacrifice. This is not your Imperial Legion. It's mid Republic and messy.
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Historical Pondering #1
How did the Roman Republic’s levy Legions innovate and adapt new tactics?
Legions were formed to face threats by a Consul/General for one year. After the year, the Legion was disbanded, and the Legionaries went home.
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263 BC, in the mid Republic period Rome numbered a little over 100,000. The Legions were not numbered, and at the end of the year, they were disbanded leaving only garrisons to control territory.
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Book #1 in the Terror & Talons series. A sword & sorcery book where the blades are sharp, and the magic is good. Until it is re-engineered, corrupted, and deadly.
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Macedonian King Antigonus demands Egypt pay homage to him. Egyptian King Ptolemy, a descendant of Macedonian Alexander the Great, pays Athens to war with Macedonia. Ancient intern'l politics. Welcome to 265 BC #HistoricalFiction
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