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Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation by Philip Matyszak 9781473874725
RRP: £19.99£14.28Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable? Philip Matyszak examines the political blunders and... -
England, France and Aquitaine: From Victory to Defeat in the Hundred Years War by Richard Ballard 9781526768599
£26.37This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of Henry V to the defeat of England and the loss of Gascony and Bordeaux – a huge blow to English prestige. It is a military history with technical detail,... -
The Army of the Roman Republic: From the Regal Period to the Army of Julius Caesar by Michael M. Sage
RRP: £14.99£12.28From the moment its last king was expelled (traditionally in 753) the Roman republic had to fight for its very survival. Centuries of almost continuous warfare saw Romes armies evolve in response to a wide variety of threats which were met with mixed... -
Alexander the Great Avenger: The Campaign that Felled Achaemenid Persia by Manousos E Kambouris
RRP: £28.00£19.62Since 500 BC the mainland Greeks had been threatened by the Achaemenid Persian Empire. They had suffered major invasions but subsequent attempts to take the offensive had been thwarted. With Alexander the Great's invasion the rules changed. In Macedonia... -
Sejanus: Regent of Rome by John S. McHugh 9781526714978
RRP: £25.00£18.02The figure of Sejanus has fascinated from ancient to more modern times. Sejanus, the emperor Tiberius' infamous Praetorian Prefect, is synonymous with over-reaching ambition, murder, conspiracy and betrayal. According to the traditional storyline, this... -
The Armies of Ancient Persia: The Sassanians by Kaveh Farrokh 9781399024815
RRP: £18.99£13.61Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of Western powers. It was the most formidable rival to the Roman empire for centuries, until Persia, by then under the Sassanians, was... -
Gaiseric: The Vandal Who Sacked Rome by Ian Hughes 9781781590188
RRP: £25.00£17.62While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destruction. Gaiseric, however, was no moronic thug, proving... -
Age of Alexander: Fast Play Rules for Exciting Ancient Battles by Philip Garton
RRP: £19.95£14.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070272Author Philip GartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Aurelian and Probus: The Soldier Emperors Who Saved Rome by Ilkka Syvänne 9781399021456
RRP: £16.99£12.28This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ('Aurelian', reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) which also includes the other reigns between the years 268 and 285. It shows how these two remarkable... -
Vandals: Conquerors of the Roman Empire by Simon MacDowall 9781473837706
£22.65On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive limes and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz, Arras and Strasbourg. Foremost amongst them were the Vandals and their search for a... -
Julius Caesar: Rome'S Greatest Warlord by Simon Elliott
RRP: £9.99£4.95Julius Caesar has been the inspiration to countless military commanders over the last two millennia. Born into an aristocratic family, his early military campaigns, part of his progression along the cursus honorum, included campaigning in the east, Spain... -
The Rise of Persia and the First Greco-Persian Wars: The Expansion of the Achaemenid Empire and the Battle of Marathon by Kambouris, Manousos E
RRP: £25.00£17.62Manousos Kambouris revisits the epic events of the first Greco-Persian War and the Persian invasion of Greece. He gives excellent detail on the Persian perspective and sets the war in the context of the rise of Achaemenid Persia as the superpower of the... -
Lucius Verus and the Roman Defence of the East by M. C. Bishop 9781473847606
RRP: £19.99£14.28Lucius Verus is one of the least regarded Roman emperors, despite the fact that he was co-ruler with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius for nine years until his untimely death. The later sources were strangely hostile to him and modern writers tend to... -
Castrum to Castle: Classical to Medieval Fortifications in the Lands of the Western Roman Empire by J. E. Kaufmann
RRP: £25.00£18.02For over a thousand years, from the time of the Roman Empire to the classic period of castle-building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, fortified sites played a key role in European warfare. This highly illustrated history gives a fascinating... -
Thirteen Roman Defeats: The Disasters That Made The Legions by Ian Hughes 9781526726674
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Lepanto 1571: Christian and Muslim Fleets Battle for Control of the Mediterranea. by Nic Fields 9781526716514
RRP: £30.00£20.95The battle of Lepanto has long been considered one of the decisive naval battles of history. Yet, the savage fighting on Sunday, 7 October 1571 left the strategic map unchanged and the defeated Ottoman Turks were able to replace their losses and launch a... -
Masada: Mass Sucide in the First Jewish-Roman War, c. AD 73 by Phil Carradice 9781526728975
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the spring of 73 AD the rock fortress of Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea was the site of an event that was breathtaking in its courage and self-sacrifice. Here the last of the Jewish Zealots who, for nearly eight years, had waged war... -
Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece by Philip Matyszak 9781526726780
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the late 3rd century BC, while Rome struggled for her very survival against the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Philip V of Macedon allied with Hannibal in pursuit of his dream for a new Macedonian empire. Once Carthage was defeated, however,... -
The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III, 223-187 BC by John D Grainger 9781526774934
RRP: £14.99£10.95The second volume in John Grainger's history of the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reign of Antiochus III. Too often remembered only as the man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia, Antiochus is here revealed as one of the most powerful and capable... -
Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £16.99£9.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541699250Author Adrian GoldsworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *... -
Invasion! Rome Against the Cimbri, 113-101 BC by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £20.00£14.29Partly as a result of poor commanders and partly because the Romans had an innate and misguided belief in the invincibility of their legions, the first battles against the Cimbri were a series of disasters. These culminated in the Battle of Arausio in... -
The Iliad and the Odyssey: The Trojan War: Tragedy and Aftermath by Jan Parker
RRP: £25.00£17.62_The_ _Iliad _dealing with the final stages of the Trojan War and _The Odyssey_ with return and aftermath were central to the Classical Greeks' self identity and world view. Epic poems attributed to Homer, they underpinned ideas about heroism,... -
Lucullus: The Life and and Campaigns of a Roman Conqueror by Lee Fratantuono 9781473883611
RRP: £19.99£14.28The military achievements of Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-57/56 B.C.) have been the subject of admiration and great respect throughout the history of the study of warfare. Yet there have been few studies dedicated to a comprehensive examination of... -
Roman Empire at War: A Compendium of Roman Battles from 31 B.C. to A.D. 565 by Don Taylor 9781473869080
£23.82In a single volume, Empire at War catalogues and offers a brief description of every significant battle fought by the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian I (and most of the minor ones too). The information in each entry is drawn exclusively from... -
A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War: Ships, Men and Money in the War at Sea, 431-404 BC by Marc G. DeSantis 9781473861589
RRP: £25.00£22.47Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the preeminent land power of the day, Sparta. Only Athens superior fleet, her wooden walls , by protecting her vital supply... -
Who Really Won the Battle of Marathon?: A bold re-appraisal of one of history's most famous battles by Constantinos Lagos 9781526758064
RRP: £25.00£21.63The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, where an Athenian-led Greek force defeated a Persian invasion, is one of the most decisive battles in Antiquity and has been studied for centuries. It is famed as a triumph of the Greek hoplite heavy infantry phalanx... -
Roman Legionaries: Soldiers of Empire by Simon Elliott 9781612006116
£9.75The might of Rome rested on the back of its legions; the superbly trained and equipped fighting force with which the imperial Roman army conquered, subdued and ruled an empire for centuries. The legionary soldier served for 20 years, was rigorously... -
Great Generals of the Ancient World by Professor Richard A. Gabriel 9781473859081
RRP: £25.00£22.47Of the thousands of commanders who served in history's armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire to produce great commanders? What makes a great... -
Rise of the Tang Dynasty: The Reunification of China and the Military Response to the Steppe Nomads (AD581-626) by Julian Romane 9781473887770
RRP: £19.99£14.28Julian Romane examines the military events behind the emergence of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the period 581-626 AD. Narrating the campaigns and battles, he analyses in detail the strategy and tactics employed, a central theme being the collision of... -
Four Days in September: The Battle of Teutoburg by Jason R. Abdale 9781473860858
£27.16For twenty years, the Roman Empire conquered its way through modern-day Germany, claiming all lands from the Rhine to the Elbe. However, when at last all appeared to be under control, a catastrophe erupted that claimed the lives of 10,000 legionnaires... -
The History Behind Game of Thrones: The North Remembers by Weinczok, David C 9781526749000
RRP: £19.99£14.28A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless seaborne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior... -
The Trojan War as Military History by Manousos E Kambouris
RRP: £25.00£17.62In The Trojan war as Military History, the author's starting point is the fact that the Iliad, notwithstanding the fantastical/mythological elements (the involvement of gods and demigods), is the earliest detailed description of warfare we have... -
The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 BC–89 AD: The Struggle of China and a Steppe Empire Told Through Its Key Figures by Scott Crawford 9781526790668
RRP: £20.00£15.62The Han-Xiongnu War (133 BC – AD 89) pitted the Han dynasty of China against a confederation of nomadic steppe peoples, the Xiongnu Empire. In campaigns waged on a huge scale by the standards of contemporary Western warfare (perhaps half a million... -
Cataphracts: Knights of the Ancient Eastern Empires by Erich B. Anderson 9781473837980
RRP: £19.99£14.28Cataphracts were the most heavily armoured form of cavalry in the ancient world, with riders and mounts both clad in heavy armour. Originating among the wealthiest nobles of various central Asian steppe tribes, such as the Massegatae and Scythians, they... -
Inside the Roman Legions: The Soldier’s Experience 264–107 BCE by Kathryn Milne 9781399070669
RRP: £20.00£17.62Inside the Roman Legions aims to tell the story of the Roman soldier through a holistic, empathetic examination of what the experience of military service in the Middle Republic was really like. It traces real examples of soldiers described in the... -
Warfare in the Age of Crusades: The Latin East by Brian Todd Carey, Joshua B Allfree 9781526730213
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The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields AD451: Flavius Aetius, Attila the Hun and the Transformation of Gaul by Evan Michael Schultheis 9781526745651
RRP: £25.00£18.02Evan Schultheis reconsiders the evidence for Attila the Hun's most famous battle, the climax of his invasion of the Western Roman Empire that had reached as far as Orleans in France. Traditionally considered one of the pivotal battles in European... -
Knights: Chivalry and Violence by John Sadler 9781612005171
£8.75Originally warriors mounted on horseback, knights became associated with the concept of chivalry as it was popularised in medieval European literature. Knights were expected to fight bravely and honourably and be loyal to their lord until death if... -
The Roman Gladius and the Ancient Fighting Techniques: VOLUME I - MONARCHY AND CONSULAR AGE by Fabrizio Casprini
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Fields of Battle by Richard Evans 9781848847965
RRP: £25.00£6.30Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as...