Roman army. From myth to history (VIII-first half of the IV in BC)

At the dawn of its history, Rome was a small and uninhabited city of Central Italy. Very quickly, falling into the sphere of influence of the Etruscans, he was subordinate to them and for more than a hundred years lived under the rule of foreign rulers. Nothing foreshadowed the fact that it was Rome that was prepared for the lot once to begin the victorious procession on the plains of Italy in order to spread its power to the most distant limits of the oycumen.
This book is about how the future Lord of the World took his first steps about how his army was organized and armed in the era of kings and early republic. It was then that the seeds of the upcoming power of Rome were sown and the beginning of its invincible legions was laid