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The Varian Disaster: Special
Ancient Warfare Special issue: The Varian Disaster
Vare, Vare, redde mihi legiones meas! Augustus is supposed to have wandered through the halls of the Imperial palace calling on Varus to give him back the legions destroyed in the 'Teutoburg Forest' in AD 9. This Special is entirely dedicated to that campaign.
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The Atlas of Ancient Battlefields
Written by: Joannes Kromayer and Georg Veith Hardback with printed cover, 30.5 x 24.5 cm, 140 pages, black and white with fold-out, full-colour maps throughout the text ISBN: 978-83-65652-76-8 Language: English (Translated from German)
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The Roman Struggles for Hispania Ulterior 49-45 BC
Written by: Michael Norbert Faszcza Hardback with printed cover, 24 x 17 cm, 155 pages, black and white with some diagrams and maps ISBN: 978-83-65652-61-4 Language: English (Translated from Polish) Learn More -
The Roman Conquest of Spain
Maciej Maciejowski The Roman conquest of Spain (218-178 BC) - Political, military and social aspects Napoleon V 24 x 17 cm ISBN 9788378892045 279 pages Hardback, with printed cover, linen binding. With maps and index.
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The Roman Imperial Navy: 31 BC - AD 324
This is the third edition of Starr's classic treatise on the navy of the Roman Empire. By Chester G. Starr. ISBN 0-89005-544-0 232pp, plus plates, figures and diagrams. Cloth-bound hardcover with blind-stamping.
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Philon and Heron, Artillery and Siegecraft in Antiquity
A modern translation, including the original Greek, of two engineering treatises from the Hellenistic era. Heron's work is a history of ancient artillery from about 400 BC to about 270 BC. Heron attempts to explain the workings of artillery for the 'intelligent layman'. ISBN 0-89005-561-0 138pp, plus plates, figures and diagrams. Pb.
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Polyaenus, Stratagems of War, 2 vols
A riotous account of bluffs, subterfuges and sly tricks used by ancient military commanders to win and sometimes lose large and small battles in ancient times. No complicated terminology or accounts of dull maneuvers, but rather a quick-witted narration of general outsmarting general. ISBN 0-89005503-3/504-1. xxxiii + 549pp and iii + 542pp. Pb.
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Trajan's Parthian War and Arrian's Parthika
Lepper's work is the most thorough investigation into Trajan's campaigns in Mesopotamia. The book describes the causes of the war, the Roman route of march, supply and the outcome. J. G. DeVoto has added Arrian's Parthika which is here translated for the first time. The Parthika describes the terrain, social and military customs of the Parthians as well as aspects of Trajan's war. 262pp, Hb.
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The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial Army
Beginning with the military reforms of Augustus the author, G.L.Cheesman, proceeds to examine the strength and organization of the Roman auxiliary regiments as well as their recruits and distribution throughout the empire. Special sections cover the use of auxilia for war and frontier defense as well as their arms and armor. 192pp, ppb.
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Greek Mercenary Soldiers from the earliest times to the Battle of Ipsus
An account of the mercenary Greek soldier from the earliest times to the end of the Hellenistic kingdoms. The work deals not only with the military aspect of the rise of the mercenary but also the social and political impact of these 'soldiers-for-hire'. 262pp, ppb.
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