Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the ...

A fully illustrated study of the 6th-century campaigns that saw the Byzantine Empire largely reco...

The appearance of Roman soldiers in the 3rd century AD has long been a matter of debate and uncer...

The Late Roman Empire was a period of significant change in the designs of standards and in the c...

Carthage, the port-city in Tunisia first settled by Phoenicians from Tyre, grew to extend a compe...

The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an el...

More than a century has passed past since German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the ...

A perennially popular topic the ancient world continues to yield incredibly rich archaeological f...

Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the...

The period from the 12th century onward saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Gree...

Ancient Rome had deep roots in the 'Villanovan' culture that we call today the Etruscans. Their l...

The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb an...

After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring g...

Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and ag...

Il rigoroso addestramento, l'altissima disciplina e il senso di coesione e di appartenenza hanno ...

La storia è un affare di famiglia. Dai Tolomei alle grandi famiglie dell'Impero Romano, dai Tudor...

Per oltre vent'anni Fascismo e Chiesa cattolica convissero e interagirono. Quest'opera vuole esse...

The mainland and islands of Greece were extensively settled by peoples moving from Asia Minor in ...

I motori, nonostante gli enormi progressi fatti nel campo della progettazione e dei processi prod...

In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Brita...

The Roman Empire was not only built by the strength of the legions but also by a navy that was th...

In the twilight of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th-6th centuries, the elite of the field armi...

At its height the Roman Empire stretched across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, maintai...

Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire f...

From the army of Marc Antony in the 1st century BC, Roman generals hired Oriental heavy armoured ...

The period of relative peace enjoyed by the Roman Empire in its first two centuries ended with th...

From the time of the Bronze Age, the warriors of all tribes and nations sought to emblazon their ...

A highly illustrated account of the battle of Strasbourg in AD 357, a decisive victory for the Ro...

This book sheds new light on the many different types of armor used by the Roman soldier during t...

The hundred-year period ending in 1025, from the reign of the Emperor Constantine VII to that of ...

This title features the latest historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and pow...

This book is the concluding part of a rigorous study of theliterary, sculptural, pictorial and ar...

The Roman Navy, although somewhat overshadowed by the legions, played an important role for the R...

Drawing upon the latest literary and archaeological research, this is an in-depth study of the Ro...

Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of Fr...

Richly illustrated, this title describes Anglo-Saxon monarchs, warlords and their warriors and ho...

A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Di...

An illustrated study of Rome's key enemies from the Late Principate and Dominate: the western Vis...

Prima e durante la conquista dell¿Inghilterra da parte del duca Guglielmo, molti nobili normanni ...

Grazie alla sua eccezionale abilità nel condurre le truppe, Gaio Giulio Cesare, considerato da mo...

L'antica Roma aveva profonde radici nella cultura etrusca, un popolo che commerciava via mare e s...