title: Rome and the Sword: How Warriors and Weapons Shaped Roman History
author:  Simon James 
description: [The author is] at his best when he discusses weapons of various types and their development over the long span of Romes rise to dominance in the Mediterranean and Europe.<br /> - <strong><em>Choice</em></strong>
zlib_text: Trajan’s Hunters
  
  The Sword of Cartimandua Series
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Book 7
  
  By
  
  Griff Hosker
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Sword Books Ltd 2014
  
  > Copyright © Griff Hosker  
  > ThirdEdition
  
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  A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  Rome- the Imperial Palace
  
  The Emperor Trajan was glad to be back in Rome after the highly successful but
  exhausting campaign which had finally added Dacia to the Roman Empire. The
  barbarians had been a co