120 - The Modern Roman Legion? w/ "Monastery of the Damned" author Nicholas Tobias

About this episode

A conversation with author and scholar Nicholas Tobias about modern parallels to the Roman Legion.

My conversation with author, soldier, and scholar, Nicholas Tobias. This is the first public interview with Nicholas, and he agreed to speak on condition that we'd preserve his alias and therefore his anonymity. Hence there is no video of him, and the sound quality from his undisclosed location was not perfect. But this was a fascinating conversation that I'm going to be thinking about for a long time. Let me know what you think in the comments. Subscribe to the Cost of Glory newsletter for detailed maps, images, and analysis of this pivotal moment in ancient history: https://costofglory.substack.com/ Get in touch at: Website: https://costofglory.com X: https://x.com/costofglory

People in this episode

Host: Alex Petkas

Guest: Nicholas Tobias

Topics covered

• ancient history
• military strategy
• interview
• anonymity
• scholarship

Keywords

• Roman Legion
• Nicholas Tobias
• military history
• interview
• Cost of Glory

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Monastery of the Damned

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