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Ranks of Bronze

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Ranks of Bronze
First edition
AuthorDavid Drake
Cover artistAlan Gutierrez
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherBaen Books
Publication date
May 1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages314
ISBN0-671-65568-X (Paperback edition 1986) ISBN 0-671-31833-0 (Paperback edition 2001)
OCLC13785437

Ranks of Bronze is a science fiction novel by American writer David Drake.

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A defeated Roman legion is sold into slavery to alien traders seeking low tech soldiers to be used in conflicts to secure trading rights on alien planets.[1] Their new masters soon learn that the Romans are the best low tech fighters that can be found.[1] Given their worth as soldiers and success on the battlefield, the Romans' alien masters provide them with everything, including near immortality.[1] However, the Romans want only one thing, and that is to go home.[1]

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