How do you get the right man to command your armies? Does he learn on the job, or from books, and what happens when something goes wrong?

Theme: Officers and generals

• Jasper Oorthuys, 'Who put you in charge - Historical introduction'.
• Ross Ballard, 'The burden of command - Republican military leadership'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The value of experience - The commanders of Alexander the Great'.
• Gareth Williams, 'The Battle of Artemisium - Context and continuity'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The Battle of Boju - Sun Tzu seals his reputation?'.
• Murray Dahm, 'Read your way to victory - Texts to help train your commanders'.
• Jo Ball, 'Centurions behaving badly - The darkers side of the Roman centurion'.
• Fred K. Drogula, 'Flexible officers - Lucius Marcius and the disaster in Spain'.

Features:

• Andrew Yamato, 'The Telamon grip - A theory of Greek shield functionality'.
• Clay Vagrant, 'Generals of the martial emperor - Asserting Han military dominance'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The "little" Ludovisi sarcophagus - Great things come in small packages'.
• Velite Aquila, 'Nakes fury - Warriors of Ixtlan and La Playa'.
• Mark McCaffery, 'Carinifex Adulescens - Decrying a betrayer of the state'.
• Jo Ball, 'Lost to the sea - The stele of Demokleides'.