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 is a […]

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 […]

This book was first published on 1981 and has gone through several editions. This latest edition is a fantastic edition to any military history, Roman, Greek or wargames enthusiast.This book is like an osprey illustrated book on Steroids. It is a massive 320 odd pages jammed packed with a huge amount of detail.This isn’t a […]

Like most things in Italian history, this is complicated.  What is really interesting and drew me in was the thought that these wars signal the change from medieval warfare to renaissance warfare, with the sword giving way to gunpowder as the deciding factor in these wars.The book covers the period of the French invasion of […]