Has anyone else been inspired to pick up a book with a Roman theme? My suggestion for a way to spark your imagination: John Maddox Roberts. "Hannibal's Children" has some wonderful descriptions of Roman tactics and society from a speculative-fiction point of view (imagine Hannibal getting help from the Macedonians and banishing the Romans to live in the north). Also the "SPQR" series by the same author (conspiratorial murder mysteries set in Rome circa 70 BC).
OK, so I'm back to dealing with my Cretan rebel ambush.
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