Ancient Warfare V.3

Ancient Warfare V.3

Theme: The last great enemy - Rome and the Sassanid empire

• Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'Introduction to the theme'
• Christian Koepfer, 'Puzzling equipment - The Dura Europos finds in a wider context'
• Patryk Skupniewicz, 'King, knights and pawns - Sassanid society and the army it spawned'
• Ardeshir Radpour, 'The soldier - Sassanid medium cavalry'
• Sheda Vasseghi, 'Epitome of a king - Shapur II: a Persian perspective'
• Ian Hughes, 'Belisarius undone - The battle of Callinicum'
• Ross Cowan, 'Cataphracts and siege craft - Adapting to the enemy in the Sassanid wars'
• Robert Vermaat, 'The tactic - The late Roman fulcum'

Features

• David Karunanithy, 'Like an actor on stage: Demetrius Poliorcetes at Rhodes'
• Duncan Campbell, 'The debate: Smoke and mirrors - Archimedes' inventions'