With the emergence of the first city states came the first cases of organized
warfare and campaigns of conquest, as well as developments in arms and armour.

Theme: Bronze Age warfare

• Matthew Marsh, 'Bronze Age kingdoms and warfare - an introduction'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The Dendra Panoply - A warrior encased in bronze'.
• Murray Dahm, 'Bronze Age bloodshed - The battle of the Tollense Valley'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The Hittites hit back - The Battle of Ganuvara'.

Features:

• Joanne Ball, 'Life begins at forty - The tombstone of Gaius Valerius Victor'.
• Mattia Caprioli, 'There and back again - From gladius to spatha'.
• Sidney Dean, 'Bellum Neronis - Gaius Julius Vindex challenges Nero'.
• Svenja Fabian, 'Ancient edutainment - Gladiators in the legions'.
• Javier Garcia de Gabiola 'When the Spanish almost finished off Caesar - The battle of Munda, 45 BC'.
• Robert Holmes, 'Marvellous marching Macedonians - Psychological warfare on Pelion plain'.
• Mark McCaffery, 'With one word - Quirites'.
• Pavel Vaverka, 'Pick your arrow - The Assyrian war of war'.