Lindsay Powell is fascinated by the under-reported personalities and events of history and believes their stories deserve to be told if our knowledge and understanding of the past is to be complete.
A historian, media communications professional and writer, Lindsay has a passion for the military history of the Roman Empire. He is a regular contributor to Ancient Warfare and has written for Military Heritage and Strategy & Tactics magazines and UNRV.com.
Informing his writings are the 10 years he spent with The Ermine Street Guard, the world’s leading reconstructive archaeology and re-enactment group for the Roman period. From that time he draws on the sights, sounds and smells he experienced first hand from a period soldier’s perspective.
He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, England, and has taught adult education classes on life in Roman times. Lindsay divides his time between Austin, Texas and Wokingham, England.
The first account to be written in 2,000 years, it is the true tale of the heroic life and swashbuckling adventures of Emperor Claudius’ father, Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus – soldier, builder, explorer, statesman and role model for the Caesars.
In EAGER FOR GLORY: The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania Lindsay Powell has investigated ancient texts, inscriptions and coins, the latest findings from archaeology as well as insights from astronomy and medical science. to produce, for the first time in the modern era, a ground-breaking study of this true Roman hero.
-- Ancient Warfare Magazine.
"A nice book that I enjoyed" -- Miniature Wargames.
-- Graham Sumner, Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier.
-- Adrian Murdoch, Rome's Greatest Defeat and The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate, UNRV.com.
"I do recommend the book; to reiterate, it’s well written, enthusiastic and consistently interesting. I think it’s strongest on the chapters on the exploration of the interior and the subsequent campaigns. Every possible source has been scoured and diligently researched. And it’s a good read"
-- Slingshot, the Society of Ancients' Journal.
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ALL THINGS UNDER THE SUN
Natural disasters, the financial crisis, political strife, the Middle East, the treatment of wounded soldiers, free and fair elections, foreign relations, sports results, travel delays, death and taxes...
The issues that make the headlines today are also the things people worried about 2,000 and more years ago. Learning how the people of the past dealt with them can prepare us to face the issues affecting us today.
The past is a virtual laboratory in which we can study how cause and effect plays out in different circumstances. Combining a researcher's skill at finding unexpected connections in everyday events and a historian's knowledge of source material, in ALL THINGS UNDER THE SUN: How Modern Ideas are Really Ancient Lindsay takes a clear eyed and often witty look at modern times through the longer perspective of ancient history and reveals that, as the old adage goes, 'all things under the Sun, there's nothing new'.
"A little gem of a book" -- UNRV.com.
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