About the book: 2005 / The book is dedicated to the history of Rome and its fifteen great generals, covering the period from the beginning of the Second Punic War to the era of Justinian, when the Western Roman Empire had already ceased to exist. Spitsnon Africanus and Gaius Marius, Pompey the Great and Caesar, Titus and Trajan, Julian and Belisarius... It was under their leadership that the poorly trained militia turned into those iron legions that conquered half the world. The book will be of interest to both specialists and for history buffs.