I have been looking forward to reading this book for a while, as I recently acquired a steel Montante. I had always seen this weapons in museums and had a fascination about who these things could possibly be used. They do look ceremonial in nature, but the more and more I use it, the more […]
When I was a kid, the main warfare we read about were land based conflicts during the Greek and Roman periods. Battle of Marathon and Thermopylae – that kind of stuff.. Yet I still remember reading and seeing pictures of biremes and triremes and being fascinated by their battering ram hulls. That said, I only […]
The book focuses on a single battle that scholars of the time called one of the most pivotal battles of late antiquity. This battle also has very detailed reports from primary sources. The importance of this battle was that is was where Attila the Hun was stopped and defeated. Some see it as the last […]
The major premise of this book, is that without the Illyrian revolt, Arminius might not have been ready to strike at Rome. I have heard about Arminius and the lost legions. I used to live in Germany and frequently visited Hermans Denkmal which is a huge statue of Arminius (The Germans call him Herman). Until […]
