Michael Paul Speidel (born May 25, 1937) is a German-born American military historian and archaeologist who specializes in the study of the Roman army and ancient warfare. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts on ancient warfare.[1]
Speidel specializes in the study of the Roman army, particularly its epigraphy, on which he has written a number of books. In recent years, Speidel has conducted extensive archaeological research on the warfare of ancient Eurasia and ancient Germanic mythology. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts on ancient warfare.[1]
Selected works
Die Equites singulares Augusti, 1965
Guards of the Roman Armies, 1978
Iuppiter Dolichenus, 1980
Roman Army Studies, 1982-1992
Commodus the God-Emperor and the Army, 1993
Die Denkmäler der Kaiserreiter: Equites singulares Augusti, 1994
Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors’ Horse Guards, 1994
Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan’s Column to Icelandic Sagas, 2004
Emperor Hadrian’s speeches to the African Army: A New Text, 2007
Dawn of Japan. Emperor, Gods, and Warriors on Jimmu’s Mirror, 2010
References
^ abCharles, Michael B. (December 2014). "Reviewed Work: Ancient Germanie Warriors. Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas by Michael P. Speidel". Latomus. 65 (2). Société d’Études Latines de Bruxelles: 496–498. JSTOR41544127. That the work comes from the pen of M. P. Speidel, one of the world's foremost experts on ancient warfare, makes this volume especially worthy of consideration.