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  • The Third Macedonian War and Battle of Pydna

    Perseus' Neglect of Combined-arms Tactics and the Real Reasons for the Roman Victory

    by Graham Wrightson ...
    "…provides general audiences with a serviceable history of the Third Macedonian War and an overview of Macedonian military institutions in the Hellenistic Era." - The Journal of Military History The Third Roman-Macedonian War was a disaster for Macedon, a defeat leading to the end of that kingdom's independence. This is usually attributed to an innate superiority of the Roman legionary tactics ... Read more

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  • The Battles of Antiochus the Great

    The Failure of Combined Arms at Magnesia That Handed the World to Rome

    by Graham Wrightson ...
    A scholar of ancient warfare examines the great Seleucid ruler's many victories and losses—revealing why his mighty empire was defeated by Rome.Antiochus III, the king of the Seleucid Empire for four decades, fought and won many battles from India to Egypt. And he lost almost as many. In The Battles of Antiochus the Great, Graham Wrightson examines the strategies and tactics employed in three of ... Read more

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  • Greece, Macedon and Persia

    Edited by Timothy Howe, Erin Garvin, Graham Wrightson ...
    Greece, Macedon and Persia contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of warfare, politics and power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by 19 recognized experts from a variety of methodological and evidentiary perspectives, show how ancient peoples considered war and conflict at the heart of social, political and economic activity. Though ... Read more

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  • Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece

    From Homer to Alexander the Great and his Successors

    by Graham Wrightson ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece examines the timelines of military developments that led from the hoplite-based armies of the ancient Greeks to the hugely successful and multi-faceted armies of Philip II, Alexander the Great, and his Successors. It concentrates on the introduction and development of individual units and their tactical coordination and use in battle in what is termed ... Read more

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    The definitive history of every Roman legion

    by Stephen Dando-Collins ...
    No book on Roman history has attempted to do what Stephen Dando-Collins does in Legions of Rome: to provide a complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. The author has spent the last thirty years collecting every scrap of available evidence from numerous sources: stone and bronze inscriptions, coins, papyrus and literary accounts in a remarkable feat ... Read more

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  • The Fall of Carthage

    The Punic Wars 265-146BC

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era, while the eventual outcome had far-reaching consequences for the history of the Western World, namely the ascendancy of Rome. An epic of war and ... Read more

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  • Nero's Killing Machine

    The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion

    by Stephen Dando-Collins ...
    The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire–a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. Numbering less than 10,000 men, the disciplined ... Read more

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  • Mithridates the Great

    Rome's Indomitable Enemy

    by Philip Matyszak ...
    This military biography of the ancient King of Pontus, one of the Roman Republic's greatest rivals, draws on a wealth of new scholarly evidence.Fought between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Pontus, the Mithridatic wars stretched over half a century and two continents. Their story is one of pitched battles, epic sieges, double-crosses, world-class political conniving, assassinations and ... Read more

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  • Philip and Alexander

    Kings and Conquerors

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    **The definitive biography of the father and son who reshaped the ancient world.“Brings to life the full drama of ancient history.” —Wall Street Journal**Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of ... Read more

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  • Pyrrhus of Epirus

    by Jeff Champion ...
    This military biography chronicles the dramatic life of the Ancient Greek ruler whose name became synonymous with self-defeating victory.One of the most influential rulers of the Hellenistic period, Pyrrhus's life was marked by profound reversals of fortune. Though he was born into the royal house of Epirus in northwest Greece, Pyrrhus was raised in exile. He nevertheless prospered in the chaotic ... Read more

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  • Thermopylae

    The Battle for the West

    by Ernle Bradford ...
    An account of the ancient battle between Persia and the alliance of Greek city-states, including the legendary "300 Spartans."In 480 BCE, Persian king Xerxes led a massive invasion of Greece. A critical point in this invasion was the battle for the pass at Thermopylae—"Hot Gates" in Greek. Xerxes had amassed one of the largest armies yet known to man, while Leonidas's troops, a group of united ... Read more

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  • The Punic Wars

    Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean

    by Nigel Bagnall ...
    The Punic Wars (264-146BC) sprang from a mighty power struggle between two ancient civilisations - the trading empire of Carthage and the military confedoration of Rome. It was a period of astonishing human misfortune, lasting over a period of 118 years and resulting in the radical depletion of Rome's population and resources and the complete annihilation of Carthage.All this took place more than ... Read more

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