Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of ancient warfare answers with me, Murray, your weekly

fix of ancient warfare related stuff to take you away from the everyday grind of 21st century

life. I've got a couple of questions that I'm going to answer today. They've sent me writing notes for myself because I can't keep all that information in my head,

which is my normal way of dealing with stuff.

I'm generally keeping it in my head as much as possible.

This time round, I've gone and done some research, so well done me.

Anyway, you of course can ask us a question.

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Now, today's question is from Andy Shaw, question for Murray. I'm listening to

S.J.A. Turney's Marius's mules. Over the first three books, he makes frequent references to

the medical support for the legions. How developed were the medics? How developed were the

medics, were their skills and other advantage for the Romans? Okay. Now, I am going to admit that virtually everything that I'm saying now comes from a fabulous

article by Duncan Campbell in an earlier issue of the magazine, way back in issue 6-4, so

it's 11 years old, but still well worth the read. As indeed most old researchers,

to be honest, there's something especially interesting about reading research that goes back,

you know, to the 1930s and things like that. Ronald Syme still being one of the go-to books on

Augustus, although, you know, things have moved on since then,

and there's probably a couple of modern scholars who are cringing when I say that, but it's a first-stop,

Momson, too, you know, writing in the late 19th century is still a go-to in many, many ways.

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