Roman Army and Military
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Imperial Brothers: Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople [Hardback]
Ian Hughes (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781848844179
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364, when the Empire was still reeling from the disa... .... Learn More -
Sertorius and the Struggle for Spain [Paperback]
Philip Matyszak (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848847873
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
When, after a brutal civil war, the dictator Sulla took power in Rome (82 BC), among the many who refused to accept his rule was a young army officer called Quintus Sertorius. Sertorius fled, first to Africa and then to Spain, whe... .... Learn More -
Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General [Hardback]
Lindsay Powell (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781781591208
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Germanicus (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspicious circumstances, ended the possibility of a return to a more open republic and ... .... Learn More -
Eager for Glory: The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania [Paperback]
Lindsay Powell (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781783030033
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Drusus the Elder (Nero Claudius Drusus) was regarded by the Romans as the first conqueror of Germania (western Germany) and a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. Yet there has never been a full volume dedicated to his remarka... .... Learn More -
Roman Conquests: The Danubian Provinces [Hardback]
Michael Schmitz (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848848245
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river... .... Learn More -
Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea [Hardback]
John D. Grainger (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848848238
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra's famous love affair with Ma... .... Learn More -
The Praetorian Guard: A History of Rome's Elite Special Forces [Hardback]
Sandra Bingham (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781845118846
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the elite Praetorian Guard soon took over a wide range of powers in Rome, and thus from the very beginning made a much greater impact on the city's life than just as an imperial bodygu... .... Learn More -
Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome [Paperback]
Victor Davis Hanson (Editor)
£13.95ISBN: 9780691156361
Published by : Princeton University Press
Consciously echoing Peter Paret's monumental Makers of Modern
Strategy, this volume comprises essays which examine various
aspects of military strategy from the Persian Wars to the later
Roman Empire. It reappraises... .... Learn More -
Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership [Hardback]
Barry Strauss (Author)
Regular Price: £17.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781439164488
Published by : Simon & Schuster
Aimed at the general reader and delivered in a chatty style, Barry Strauss's new book provides a comparative analysis of the generalship of Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Julius Caesar, reconstructing their key campaigns and as... .... Learn More -
Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine in the Ancient World [Paperback]
Chris McNab (Author)
£12.99ISBN: 9781849088138
Published by : Osprey
This well illustrated book collects material from a vast array of Osprey's titles on the Roman army, editing and reformatting it into a coherent whole. The development of the army is treated chronologically, with information on mi... .... Learn More