This is a great book for wargamers that struggle with pointing miniatures. Andy Singleton has written a few books on painting wargaming figures, I have his Early imperial Romans book, but this new book focussed on the Romans’ Northern enemies. Like the previous books, this is an easy y to rad and easy t follow […]
Like other books by Ilkka, this one took me a while to get through. Not because it is a hard read, but mainly because of the density of information provided in the book. Especially when it comes to the military campaigns of these two emperors who survived the third century issues. The book focusses on […]
The Byzantine Princess and the First Crusade Anna Komnene is one of the most curious figures in the history of an intriguing empire. A woman of extraordinary education and intellect, she was the only Byzantine female historian and one of the first and foremost historians in medieval Europe. Yet few people seem to know of […]
A Bold Re-appraisal of One of History’s Most Famous Battles The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, where an Athenian-led Greek force defeated a Persian invasion, is one of the most decisive battles in Antiquity and has been studied for centuries. It is famed as a triumph of the Greek hoplite heavy infantry phalanx against […]
