I really enjoy this series of books as it still staggers me how much information there is available about the military history of the period.  I also like the writing style. This is a double review really as I was sent two of these books at the same time. Military History of Late Rome 395-425 […]

This book covers the equipment, organisation and tactics from Philip and Alexander to the Roman conquest. This isn’t just a book on big spears. It’s also not a little book. It’s nearly 500 pages of big stabby goodness. Nearly everyone knows the early success of the Macedonian army was the Phalanx, the Pike based infantry […]

I really like this series of Armies of the Past. These are books written by researcher Gabriele Esposito and photographed by reenactment groups who pay a lot of attention to detail. This book covers the armies of the early Roman period form the foundation of Rome to the start of the second punic war. This […]

This book was interesting as it doesn’t support the view of the simple adoption and adapation of the Greek mythology by the Early Roman Empire. The author shows that the Romans actually had their own mythology and didn’t simply use Greek mythology as their own. The author then goes on to highlight the role of […]