Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021. — 292 p. In 146 BC, the armies of the Roman Republic destroyed Carthage and Corinth, two of the most spectacular cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. It was a display of ruthlessness so terrible that it shocked contemporaries, leaving behind deep scars and palpable historical traumas. Yet these twin destructions were not so...
Pen and Sword Military, 2023. — 320 p. This unique full-length English biography of Varus reassesses how he has been held responsible for one of the most infamous and humiliating defeats in Roman history. Publius Quinctilius Varus is famous as the incompetent commander duped into an ambush that wiped out three legions in one of the most humiliating defeats in Roman history. Yet...
Pen and Sword, 2018. — 212 p. Lucius 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 dismiss him, but contemporary writings shine a more favorable light on his accomplishments. His...
2nd Revised Edition — Oxbow Books, 2006. — 322 p. Rome's rise to empire is often said to have owed much to the efficiency and military skill of her armies and their technological superiority over barbarian enemies. But just how 'advanced' was Roman military equipment? What were its origins and how did it evolve? The authors of this book have gathered a wealth of evidence from all...
Endeavour Press, 2017. — 310 p. Zur Zeitenwende ist das Römische Reich auf einem unaufhaltsamen Aufstieg zum Höhepunkt seiner Macht: Die römischen Kaiser herrschen uneingeschränkt über Europa und Nordafrika. Ihre Streitmächte gelten als unbesiegbar. Niemand traut sich, sich ihnen in den Weg zu stellen. Doch in Germanien wagt es ein Fürst: Unter seiner Führung versammelt der...
Translator: R.A. Maguire. — Pen & Sword Military, 2018. — 134 p. While in exile on St Helena, Napoleon dictated a commentary on the wars of Julius Caesar, later published in 1836. In each chapter he summarized the events of one campaign, then added comments from the standpoint of his own military knowledge. Over the nearly two millennia between Caesar and Napoleon some aspects...
Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. — 168 p. This authoritative short volume introduces readers to the Roman army, its structure, tactics, duties and development. One of the most successful fighting forces that the world has seen, the Roman army was inherited by the emperor Augustus who re-organized it and established its legions in military bases, many of which survived to the end of...
Charles River Editors, 2017. — 59 p. The Roman army is one of the most famous fighting forces in history. Through its power and prowess, a once obscure Italian city forged an empire that encircled the Mediterranean and covered half of Europe. The physical remains of its presence can be traced from the mountainous borders of Scotland to the arid deserts of Egypt, but its legacy...
Pen and Sword Military, 2016. — 336 p. There is a tendency when dealing with world superpowers to focus on their successes. After all, these are what made them superpowers in the first place. However, reverses and disasters suffered on the way to preeminence are equally significant. The experience of ancient Rome is no different. This book is the first to examine the paradoxical...
Pen and Sword Military, 2022. — 272 p. Paul Coby here proposes a new system for the recording and mapping of Roman forts and fortifications that integrates all the data, including size, dating and identification of occupying units. Application of these methods allows analysis that brings new insights into the placement of these forts, the units garrisoning them and the strategy...
Amberley Publishing, 2014. — 96 p. The Roman legions were the formidable, highly organised and well disciplined backbone of the Roman army, vital to maintaining order and control of the borders of the Empire and its subjugated peoples. The fortresses that were the bases of the legions reflected their values: purposeful, hierarchical and an intimidating display of Roman...
Frontline Books, 2017. — 287 p. Challenging the common modern distinction between Romans as organized, professional soldiers and their opponents as individualistic warriors, this history of Roman warfare focuses on the part-time legionaries who served only for the duration of a campaign and sought glory in single combat. The author explores these warriors deeds, beliefs and...
Newton Compton Editori, 2023. — 620 p. Segreti, tattiche, armi e battaglie del più formidabile esercito dell’antichità. Il rigoroso addestramento, l’altissima disciplina e il senso di coesione e di appartenenza hanno fatto delle legioni il simbolo della potenza di Roma, uno strumento in grado di estendere il dominio dell’Urbe su tutto il Mediterraneo e oltre. In questo libro,...
Turner, 2021. — 262 p. The AD 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just outside Rome, marked the start of a monumental change for Rome and her empire. This battle was the figurative bridge between old pagan Rome and new Christian Rome. And once Constantine had crossed that bridge, there was no turning back. After winning this battle against his brother-in-law Maxentius and taking...
University of Chicago Press, 2020. — 352 p. The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. The Roman Empire depended on its army not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers, and control the seas, but to act as...
Pen and Sword Military, 2022. — 384 p. 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 making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion...
Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books, 2016. — xii, 436 p., 282 figs., maps. The main source of archaeological evidence for Late Roman Republican camps is a complex of installations around the Iberian city of Numantia in Spain, excavated by Adolf Schulten in the early 1900s. This book reassesses Schulten and concludes that much of his interpretation is questionable. Radically different...
Pen and Sword, 2015. — 239 p. As Rome grew from a small city state to the mightiest empire of the west, her dominion was contested not only by the civilizations of the Mediterranean, but also by the "barbarians"-the tribal peoples of Europe. The Celtic, the Spanish-Iberian and the Germanic tribes lacked the pomp and grandeur of Rome, but they were fiercely proud of their...
Pen & Sword Military, 2023. — 224 p. Dr Simon Elliott describes eight of the greatest, most decisive of the Roman Empire of the first to third centuries. The list includes battles fought from the highlands of Scotland and the forests of Germany to the deserts of the Middle East. They show how the vaunted Roman legions adapted to extremes of terrain and climate as well as a wide...
Pen and Sword Military, 2021. — 208 p. Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular theory, immortalized in Rosemary Sutcliffe’s...
Casemate, 2018. — 157 p. A concise and entertaining history of the Roman legionary - from the age of Augustus through the heyday of the Roman Empire. The 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...
Pen & Sword Military. 2023. — 176 p. Much has been written about the Roman army and the mighty legions that conquered their empire and then defended it for centuries against all comers. But little has been written about the men and units employed when something more subtle than the march of legions into pitched battle was required. This is the only book available dedicated to...
Pen and Sword, 2022. — 224 p. Gathering together stunning artwork from Graham Sumner’s impressive, expansive portfolio, featuring never-before-seen illustrations from the artist and reminding us of his exceptional ability to bring Ancient Rome to life through painting, this colourful, comprehensive anthology is a must-have for any enthusiast of the period, and of military...
Pen and Sword, 2023. — 192 p. The period covered in this book saw the Roman Republic face its greatest military challenges. In 264 the Romans were pitted against the might of Carthage in the first of the three Punic Wars, which would push Rome to the brink but end with the destruction of this great rival city. In the following two centuries they would clash repeatedly with the...
Translator: Mike C. Bishop. — Casemate, 2019. — 464 p. Compared to modern standard, the Roman army of the imperial era was surprisingly small. However, when assessed in terms of their various tasks, they by far outstrip modern armies - acting not only as an armed power of the state in external and internal conflicts, but also carrying out functions which nowadays are performed...
Casemate, 2022. — 200 p. The borders of the Roman Empire were frontiers that were often wild and dangerous. The expansion of the empire after the Punic Wars saw the Roman Republic become the dominant force in the Mediterranean as it first took Carthaginian territories in Gaul, Spain and north Africa and then moved into Greece with purpose, subjugating the area and creating two...
Pen & Sword Military, 2020. — 192 p. This volume explores the Roman invasions and military operations in two distinct yet related areas: Mesopotamia and Arabia. In these far-flung regions of the ancient known world, Rome achieved the greatest point of expansion in the history of her Empire. Under the reign of the Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire reached the point of maximum...
Pen and Sword Military, 2016. — 232 p. A good argument could be made that the Battle of Actium was the most significant military engagement in Roman history. On a bright September day, the naval forces of Octavian clashed with those of Antony and Cleopatra off the coast of western Greece. The victory Octavian enjoyed that day set the state for forty-four years of what would...
Newton Compton Editori, 2019. — 257 p. L’incredibile storia di una delle sfide più ardue di Roma: la battaglia di Strasburgo. La guerra civile che sconvolse l’impero romano d’Occidente tra il 350 e il 353 d.C. lasciò le frontiere indebolite, consentendo alle confederazioni dei Germani stanziate lungo il Reno di occupare parti della Gallia romana. Nel 355 l’imperatore Costanzo...
Newton Compton Editori, 2018. — 252 p. Tra i grandi generali della Storia, Giulio Cesare merita un posto di primo piano. Non fu un innovatore, né un tattico di grande fantasia e genialità, ma la capacità di ottenere il massimo da un esercito, la rapidità d'azione e l'acume in battaglia, l'astuzia e la capacità di rischiare sono doti che solo Napoleone ha potuto vantare in...
Newton Compton Editori, 2012. — 257 p. Dalle guerre sannitiche alle invasioni barbariche l'antica Roma fu protagonista di molte battaglie decisive per la storia dell'umanità. In questo volume, trionfali vittorie si alternano a drammatiche disfatte, in una avvincente successione di brillanti condottieri e improvvisati strateghi, dì ciascuno dei quali apprendiamo caratteristiche...
Osprey Publishing, 2018. — 192 p. The Roman Empire was the greatest the world has ever seen, and its legendary military might was the foundation of this success. This compact volume tells the fascinating story of the major conflicts that shaped the empire, from Julius Caesar's bloody Gallic Wars and the Civil War against Pompey that left the victorious Caesar Dictator of Rome,...
Basic Books, 2023. — 592 p. The Roman empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale. Its only true rival lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires ruled over great cities and the trade routes to mysterious lands beyond. This...
Oxford University Press, 2022. — 336 p. Why did Julius Caesar come to Britain? His own account suggests that he invaded to quell a resistance of Gallic sympathizers in the region of modern-day Kent - but there must have been personal and divine aspirations behind the expeditions in 55 and 54 BCE. To the ancients, the Ocean was a body of water that circumscribed the known world,...
Pen and Sword Military, 2021. — 288 p. Much of Constantine I’s claim to lasting fame rests upon his sponsorship of Christianity, and many works have been published assessing whether his apparent conversion was a real religious experience or a cynical political maneuver. However his path to sole rule of the Roman Empire depended more upon the ruthless application of military...
Pen and Sword Military, 2023. — 274 p. There is no doubt that Rome developed one of the most efficient and successful military systems of the ancient world. The famous legions conquered from the Atlantic to the Euphrates, from the Scottish Highlands to the sands of the Sahara, defeating all manner of enemies. Although their victories were many, they were never invincible and...
Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014. — 50 p. This paper analyzes the Second Punic War using the Contextual and Operational Elements found in the Campaign Planning Model to determine how Rome and Carthage conducted the war, and whether they maintained congruency as each respective country pursued their national objective. It examines how they selected their grand strategy, and how...
CNRS éditions, 2021. — 500 p. La fascination publique pour César semble éternelle. Personnalité hors norme, faiseur de mondes, il a suscité une littérature immense souvent bien éloignée de la réalité du personnage. L'historien Yann Le Bohec, grand spécialiste de l'armée romaine, réunit et met à jour ici ses recherches sur le fameux chef de guerre. Ni biographie, ni étude...
Cambridge University Press, 2020. — 200 p. Warfare was a recurrent phenomenon of fundamental importance throughout Roman history. Its scale and form varied across time and place, but it had wide-ranging impacts on politics, society and economy. This book focuses on important themes in the interplay between warfare and these broader contexts, including attitudes to war and...
Left Coast Press, 1983. — 184 p. This volume describes the pattern of recruitment of soldiers to the Roman legions and the settlement of legion veterans in Roman colonies during the period of the principate. This work began as a study of the settlement of legionary veterans during the Principate. Its aim was to discover why legionary veterans were settled in colonies, when such...
Pen and Sword Military, 2023. — 224 p. Partly 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 105 BC when two Roman armies were utterly destroyed. Rome finally realized that their...
Pen & Sword Military, 2024. — 272 p. Inside 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 ancient sources to reveal how they travelled, how they were organized and what campaign...
Pen & Sword Military, 2021. — 352 p. The Long War for Britannia is unique. It recounts some two centuries of 'lost' British history, while providing decisive proof that the early records for this period are the very opposite of 'fake news'. The book shows that the discrepancies in dates claimed by many scholars are illusory. Every early source originally recorded the same...
Pen and Sword Military, 2021. — 336 p. In AD 132 began the bloody struggle between two strong-willed leaders over who would rule a nation. One was Hadrian, the cosmopolitan ruler of the vast Roman Empire, then at its zenith, who some regarded as divine; the other was Shim'on, a Jewish military leader in a district of a minor province, who some believed to be the 'King Messiah'....
Pen and Sword Military, 2017. — 288 p. Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his campaigns in the years from 213 – 203 BC’. Most studies concentrate on Hannibal’s series of stunning victories in the early stages of the war, culminating at Cannae in 216 BC, then refocus on the activities of his nemesis, Scipio...
Pen and Sword Military, 2018. — 352 p. 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 in response to a wide variety of threats which were met with mixed fortunes though always with ultimate success. As defense of the homeland turned to...
Pen and Sword Military, 2022. — 248 p. In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into bloody civil war. At the heart of this war lay the two greatest living Roman commanders, and former allies, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, each having built their own factions within the Roman oligarchy and refusing to compromise. The subsequent civil war would be fought for control...
Ozymandias Press, 2018. — 350 p. Hardly had Pyrrhus turned his back for the last time on Italy when the first note of war between the Romans and the Carthaginians, who had so recently formed an alliance against him, was sounded. It came, as was to be expected, from that fair island which, by its position, seemed to belong half to Europe, half to Africa, and from that point in...
Pen & Sword History, 2023. — 224 p. This is the first in depth study on the history of Legio VI Victrix in Britain. Brought over from Germany in 122 to assist in the building of Hadrian's Wall the Sixth Legion remained in Britain until the end of Roman rule. The book will investigate the changing military organisation, weapons and warfare as well as the many auxiliary units...
Pen and Sword Military, 2024. — 536 p. Аn analysis of Roman military strategies and adaptations from the Tetrarchy to Heraclius. Late Roman Combat Tactics by Dr. Ilkka Syvänne is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand land combat in the period from the Tetrarchy to the death of Heraclius, a period when the Romans faced serious and growing military threats on many...
Pen and Sword Books, 2017. — 288 p. In a single volume, Roman Republic at War catalogues and offers a brief description of every significant battle fought by the Roman Republic between 480 and 31 BC (and most of the minor ones too). The information in each entry is drawn exclusively from Ancient texts, in order to offer a brief description of each battle based solely on the...
Amberley Publishing, 2016. — 208 p. The Roman military is an iconic, ancient institution; everybody is familiar with the image of fearsome Roman soldiers marching in their famous columns. In this book, Roman military experts John and Hilary Travis turn their attention to the shields used by the historic Roman stalwarts, drawing on their expertise, their wealth of illustrated...
Pen and Sword Military, 2025. — 296 p. This comprehensive work details the auxiliary units of Roman Britain, covering their histories, movements, campaigns, and notable members. The majority of work on Roman Britain's military focuses on the legions, with much less attention paid to the auxilia, even though the latter formed the vast majority of the manpower. The auxiliary...
Pen and Sword Military, 2015. — 192 p. It took the Romans almost exactly 200 years to conquer the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). The skillful and tenacious resistance of the various inhabitants, utilizing superior mobility in the rugged terrain to wage a guerrilla war, made the region the graveyard of many a Roman army. But the lessons, though painful, were...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. — 304 p. This book introduces readers to three historical Roman soldiers - Titus Pullo from the late republic, Aurelius Polion from the high imperial era, and Flavius Aemilianus from late antiquity. The three men inspire the themes and chronological organization of the text. Drawing on a wide and diverse body of evidence, the author charts their lives...
Москва: Центрполиграф, 2015. — 656 с. — ISBN: 978-5-227-06185-0. Новый труд известного австралийского писателя Дандо-Коллинза, автора многих книг по истории Античности, посвящен имперским легионам Рима. Автор собрал и систематизировал сведения обо всех легионах Рима начиная с момента создания каждого из них, проследил их боевой путь, отмечая успехи и поражения в битвах....
М: Центрполиграф - 2010. ISBN: 978-5-227-05177-6. В книге подробно рассматриваются крупнейшие войны, в ходе которых Рим превратился в величайшую мировую державу Древнего мира. Большое внимание автор уделяет боевой структуре, тактике и вооружению легионов. Прослеживается роль армии в общественной и политической жизни римского государства республиканского и императорского времени....
М.: Центрполиграф, 2008. — 256 с. — (Хроники военных сражений). — ISBN: 978-5-9524-3953-5. Труд Хофмана Никерсона посвящен истории войн в эпоху Римской империи и Средних веков, то есть с 27 г. до н. э. до конца XV в. Опираясь на результаты современных исследований, автор дает общую картину войн, объясняет, как и почему они происходили, описывает стратегию и тактику боевых...
М.: Эксмо, 2010. — 224 с. — (Военная история человечества). — ISBN: 978-5-699-41317-1 Книга является первым в отечественной литературе серьезным исследованием темы «Гладиаторы». В ней рассматривается история появления и развития гладиаторских боев, звериных травлей, казней животными и потешных морских сражений. Подробно освещаются такие вопросы, как организация, подготовка,...
СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2005. — 504 с. — (Res Militaris). — ISBN: 5-288-03738-8. Книга рассказывает об истории древнеримского флота от Первой Пунической войны до эпохи упадка Империи. Подробно рассматриваются боевые действия римлян на море во время Пунических войн, борьба со средиземноморским пиратством, морские экспедиции Цезаря, участие флота в гражданских войнах и его...
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