Rome at War #2 - Fading Legions

The Rome at War series covers Roman battles against both their neighbors and each other. Fading Legions focuses on the empire’s latter years, when it was beset by barbarian invasion, an implacable rival, and civil war.

At the close of the 4th Century AD, Rome faced its greatest danger in over 500 years. To the east, the Sassanid Persian Empire presented a powerful challenge to Roman dominance in the Middle East. To the north, German tribes pressed against the Rhine frontier. To the northeast, Gothic tribes also stirred. And rival Roman would-be emperors faced off against one another.

Fading Legions covers these battles, when the last of Rome’s legions faced hordes of enemy horsemen. The Romans are in a state of military transition, adding more and more mounted and missile-armed troops to their forces while retaining the heavy infantry that had formed the army’s backbone for centuries.