Legionary: The Blood Road - Bonus Material

This page holds the relevant maps, diagrams and photographs that might be helpful to readers in understanding the world described in the tale of 'Legionary: The Blood Road'.

The Official Trailer

Photos

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Looking inland across the modern city of Thessalonica;
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A vista of Thessalonica's coast where the Roman harbour would have been (roughly).
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The clifftop coastal stronghold of Dionysopolis.

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A reconstruction of Roman Thessalonica.
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The Goths had the run of Thracia in 381 AD, and large parts of northern Macedonia too.
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As a result, the remaining Eastern legions were pinned in the few cities which the Goths could not take. Here we see 4th c AD legionaries manning an onager (catapult) up on top of a turret. I'm not sure what the leaping fellow at the back is doing, pretending he's batman?

Maps

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The Roman Empire circa 381 AD.
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The Gothic-occupied Diocese of Thracia and the Epicentre of the Gothic Wars circa 381 AD.
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The wards of early Theodosian-era Constantinople.
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The strategically-vital Roman city of Thessalonica.

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The Eastern Roman Army circa 381 AD.
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The army of the Western Roman Empire, circa 381 AD. As is apparent, Gratian had far greater military resources to call upon in this era, the Eastern regiments having been greatly 'pruned' (by Gothic longswords!) at the Battle of Adrianople.
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The structure of the XI Claudia legion.

Articles