| Brownbear | 28 Jun 2015 3:35 a.m. PST |
As the title says, are there any books available about this period?
Figurewise I know A&A but are there any other figure ranges comparable in height to A&A for the MIR? |
 BigRedBat  | 28 Jun 2015 4:18 a.m. PST |
The Osprey Roman Legionary 161 to 284 AD has some lovely illustrations by Angus McBride. Alas there aren't any other MIR ranges that I'm aware of, but some minis from the likes of GB, Musketeer or Aventine would fit in terms of size, although not many will be appropriate. |
| Diocletian284 | 28 Jun 2015 8:19 a.m. PST |
A&A are great quality and have a broad enough offering that you could build up a MIR army just from them. The also have monthly sales and army deals that can cut down cost. I have done some searching myself and came up with A&A as the best option. Crusader offers some MIR infantry, but they look more like Severan period than Third Century crisis or Diocletian era troops. |
| Ten Fingered Jack | 28 Jun 2015 10:02 a.m. PST |
Some of the Aventine Imperial Romans, especially the cavalry, could work for Middle Romans. I understand the sculptor that did the A&A figs also sculpted the Aventines.
A&A Late Romans mix in well too.
Books "The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine" by Pat Southern "The Roman Empire at Bay" by David Potter "The Age of the Soldier Emperors" by George Brauer "Aurelian and the Third Century" by the cooly named Alaric Watson "Roman Infantry Equipment,The Later Empire" by I. P. Stephenson. It appears that the A&A sculptor was heavily influenced by this book. "Legions in Crisis" by Paul Elliot "Roman Military Clothing AD 200-400" by Graham Sumner Gibbon's magisterial "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Vol.1 Modern library edition I have a large MIR army by A&A,now I need the hideously expensive cavalry armies of Palmyra and the Sassanids. |
| Brownbear | 28 Jun 2015 1:39 p.m. PST |
gents, thanks for all the answers.
Suppose I have some reading to do, thanks Jack Burton |
| Ten Fingered Jack | 28 Jun 2015 1:49 p.m. PST |
You're welcome. Always glad to have an opportunity to show off. |
| BigRedBat | 28 Jun 2015 1:58 p.m. PST |
… and not to be forgotten are Harry Sidebottom's historical novels set during the period. link "Fire in the East" is particularly good and very wargame-y. |
| idontbelieveit | 28 Jun 2015 2:14 p.m. PST |
A&A are the bomb! I'm building an army with them now and they are really nice figs. On the upside, their Sassanids are contemporary so you can do eastern frontier romans vs Sassanids and have a couple of really nice armies to do it with. That said, I wish there were some suitable unarmored figures in the range that looked like unarmored auxilia. I can get b without them, but that would really complete the picture. I'm hoping that Aventine's Sassanid foot is available soonish as some of them should be a nice addition for local eastern troops. |
| sumerandakkad | 28 Jun 2015 2:27 p.m. PST |
Connolly's Greece and Rome at War is still a great book to look at for information on Roman warfare. |
| BigRedBat | 28 Jun 2015 2:27 p.m. PST |
IDBI, perhaps the Black Tree unarmoured late Roman auxilia in Pannonian caps and bareheaded would suit? They are quite generic and look rather like the Romans in the Dura Europos fresco. The new Aventine Sassanids are rather splendid. I'm working on a MIR army at the moment using A&A (archers mostly painted by David Imrie).
link |
| Brownbear | 28 Jun 2015 9:19 p.m. PST |
BRB,
how should I ever equal that great painting,you made my day a bad start :-) |
| idontbelieveit | 29 Jun 2015 5:54 a.m. PST |
@BRB: nice tip. I didn't even know those figures existed. Next time I see a sale come by I'll pick up a unit of them. |
| BigRedBat | 29 Jun 2015 6:30 a.m. PST |
They aren't bad minis. Their unarmoured light cavalry might be useful for the same reasons. Thanks Brownbear, very kind. |
