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Rise of the Spartans: Timeline

Mar 09, 2017 Seema Syeda Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Timeline 0

Journey from the original Olympic games to the defeat of the Spartan juggernaut in this extract from our latest 15-page special on the rise of Sparta. c.776 BC: Traditional foundation date for...

WAR OF WORDS: ‘Legion’

Aug 22, 2016 Hazel Blair Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Slider 0

‘Legion’ derives from the Latin legio, which itself comes from the verb legere, meaning ‘to choose’ or ‘to levy’. The legion represented the muster of Rome’s citizens in times of...

BATTLE MAPS: Caesar’s Gallic War

Apr 21, 2015 Emma Watts-Plumpkin Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Battle Maps 0

In the years 58-51 BC, Gaul was conquered and added to the Roman Empire through the military campaigns of Julius Caesar and his legions. For the first time in history, tribal groups in...

TIMELINE: The Sassanian Empire

Oct 10, 2014 Emma Watts-Plumpkin Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Fact-file, Timeline 1

The Sassanian Empire: Rome’s unbeaten rival in the East. With all its success and brilliance in Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa, Rome never conquered the Spah...

10 Principles of Sassanian Warfare

Oct 10, 2014 Emma Watts-Plumpkin Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Fact-file, Slider 0

The Spah ('military') of the Sassanian Empire were Rome's unbeaten rivals in the East. Here we look at 10 principles of Sassanian warfare.

THINKERS AT WAR – Marcus Aurelius

Aug 18, 2014 Military History Monthly Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Thinkers At War 1

Iain King looks as the philosophy of Emperor Marcus Aurelius One of Rome’s most remarkable rulers, Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is commonly regarded as the last of ‘the five good emperors’....

AD 937: Olaf’s Approach

Jul 12, 2012 Military History Monthly Ancient, Ancient warfare, Battle Maps 0

The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain

The Battle of Marathon- 490 BC

Jan 31, 2011 Military History Monthly Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Battle Maps 1

The Battle of Marathon saw wo entirely antithetical military and political traditions: cavalry, archery, and light-armed troops versus heavy infantry; coerced subjects against free militia; wealthy...

Why Alexander the Great is not history’s greatest leader

Jan 06, 2011 Military History Monthly Ancient, Ancient warfare, Intel 4

Former infantry officer and military historian Mark Corby begs to differ with the result of the poll published in last month’s Military Times.

Visigothics sacking Rome 395-415

Dec 31, 2010 Military History Monthly Ancient, Ancient warfare, Articles, Battle Maps 0

It was the first time since 390 BC that the city of Rome had fallen to a barbarian enemy. It shocked the world. It presaged the collapse of the greatest empire of antiquity. The major movements of...