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Military History of Late Rome 518-565
"The Military History of Late Rome 518-565" provides a new, fresh analysis of the revival of Roman fortunes during the reigns of Justin I (518-527) and Justinian I (527-565). The...
Armies of Plantagenet England, 1135-1337: The Scottish and Welsh Wars and Continental Campaigns
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The Jewish War
$40.00 AUD
Author: Josephus Flavius; William Whiston, (translator)Binding: SoftbackPublished: Steimatzky, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account delves into the tumultuous events of the Jewish War, a significant...
Revolt In Judea: The Road To Masada
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Author: Alfred H. TamarinBinding: HardbackPublished: Galahad Books, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book recounts the eyewitness account of Flavius Josephus, detailing the Roman campaign against Judea,...
Big Caesars and Little Caesars: How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in...
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
The untold story of one of WW2's most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma 'A thrilling blow-by-blow...
Augustus at War: The Struggle for the Pax Augusta
The words Pax Augusta - or Pax Romana - evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year...
The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its
Marathon--one of history's most pivotal battles. Its very name evokes images of almost superhuman courage, endurance, and fighting spirit. But until now, the story of what happened at Marathon has...
Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus was a half-barbarian strongman 'of frightening appearance and colossal size' who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor...
The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States: Volume 1 the
This book provides an overview of the military forces, and their antecedents, of the Arabian Gulf States. Most were British Protected States, resulting in their armed forces being heavily influenced...
On Ancient Warfare
Richard Gabriel has been studying and writing about ancient warfare for nearly half a century. He has written fifty-five books on the subject (before this one) and over three hundred...
Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece
In 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...
Siege Warfare during the Hundred Years War: Once More unto the Breach
Histories of the Hundred Years War have been written, and accounts of the famous battles, but until now no book has concentrated on the sieges that played a decisive role...
Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC
Sparta was a small city which consistently punched above its weight in the affairs of classical Greece, happily meddling in the affairs of the other cities. For two centuries her...
Two Deaths at Amphipolis
Cleonvs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either side in the middle years of the great Peloponnesian...
Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate
How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This book draws on the literature, especially the historiography,...
Enemy of Rome
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Author: Leonard CottrellBinding: HardbackPublished: Evans Brothers Limited, 1960, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsEnemy of Rome is a historical novel that immerses readers in...
Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weapons and Ideology of the
A concise introduction to Ancient Egyptian warfare from the Neolithic period through to the Iron Age, covering everything from battle tactics to weaponry and battle injuries. The excellent preservation of...
The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely [...]
When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant...
Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Republic
AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first...
Who Really Won the Battle of Marathon?: A bold re-appraisal of [...]
The 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...
Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, [...]
In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much...
Strategist in Exile
Thucydides was the chronicler of the almost 30-year long Peloponnesian war, which came to a close with Sparta's victory over Athens in 404 BC. His famous historical work was preserved,...
Sparta's First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478-446 B.C.
A companion volume to The Spartan Regime and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan-Athenian alliance "Provocative, intriguing and cogently argued."-David Stuttard, Classics for...
The Army of the Roman Republic: From the Regal Period to the Army of Julius Caesar
From 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 Rome's armies evolve...
War in Ancient Greece
Author: Bob CarruthersFormat: Paperback, 156mm x 234mm, 576 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2013The Athenian Thucydides (c490-395BC) wrote this history of the Peloponnesian War between the Spartans...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941
Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
The Truth of War: Lethality in Combat, a Study of the Real Nature of Battle
Author: Doctor Tom LewisFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 368 pagesPublished: Big Sky Publishing, Australia, 2023The Truth of War unveils a penetrating exploration of the most contentious facets of military combat,...
The Search: The true story of a D-Day survivor, an unlikely friendship, and a lost shipwreck off Normandy
Author: John Henry Phillips Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative...
The Emperor's Exile (Eagles of the Empire 19): The thrilling Sunday Times bestseller
Author: Simon Scarrow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The Sunday Times bestseller - a thrilling new adventure in Simon Scarrow's acclaimed Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for readers...
Rome A History in Seven Sackings
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Author: Matthew Kneale Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 "Kneale's account is a masterpiece of pacing and suspense. Characters from the city's history spring to life in his hands." --The...