The definitive biography of the legendary "e;first citizen of Athens"e;Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world.
Julian Romane examines the campaigns of Julius Caesar throughout the civil wars that followed his famous crossing of the Rubicon, through to the defeat of the final Pompeian diehards at the battle of Munda.
Julian Romane examines the campaigns of Julius Caesar throughout the civil wars that followed his famous crossing of the Rubicon, through to the defeat of the final Pompeian diehards at the battle of Munda.
An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple.
The Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE) saw the Grecian phalanx--long dominant in Mediterranean warfare--challenged by legionary formations from the rising city-state of Rome.
Women of war is an examination of gender modernity using the world's longest established women's military organisation, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
This collection explores the role of martial masculinities in shaping nineteenth-century British culture and society in a period framed by two of the greatest wars the world had ever known.
This collection explores the role of martial masculinities in shaping nineteenth-century British culture and society in a period framed by two of the greatest wars the world had ever known.
This study tells the story of the strategic nuclear forces deployed to England by the United States from the late 1940s, and details the secret agreement made to launch atomic strikes against the USSR.
Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient WorldSome of the most fascinating human epochs lie in the borderlands between history and mystery.
A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division marked by the pomerium, an abstract religious and legal boundary that was central to the myth of the city's foundation.
Warfare in the Age of Crusades: The Latin East explores in fascinating detail the key campaigns, battles and sieges that shaped the crusading period of the Middle Ages, giving special attention to military technologies, tactics and strategies.
Desde Sumeria y Babilonia hasta Grecia y Roma: 27 grandes batallas navales, los navíos y sus tácticas: Cumas, Salamina, Actium, Micala, Eurimedón, Arginusas, Egos Pótamos.
Bombardeos, asesinatos, secuestros, grandes desembarcos, paracaidistas tras las líneas enemigas, la imaginación a la hora de decantar la guerra hacia un lado u otro no tuvo límites durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y en la mayor parte de los casos el asunto se dilucidó entre las mentes más preclaras o simplemente por el curso de los acontecimientos.
Del ocaso de un reino al amanecer de un imperio: el encuentro entre Cleopatra, hábil y poderosa soberana de Egipto, y tres grandes protagonistas de la antigua Roma (César, Antonio y Octavio) cambiará para siempre el curso de la historia.
Mar Nuestro para los romanos, mar Blanco para los turcos, Gran Mar para los judíos, mar Medio para los germanos, el Mediterráneo ha recibido tantos nombres como pueblos se acercaron a sus orillas desde la Antigüedad.
A mediados del siglo XX, Marruecos desarrolló un afán expansionista que supo aprovechar la débil posición internacional de España para arrebatarle en apenas siete meses el Sahara español.
Cargas de coraceros con refulgentes cascos metálicos; agrestes cabileños, de chilabas rayadas; lanceros con multicolores banderolas; la legendaria Guardia Negra, azul y roja; audaces cornetas, casi niños; bellas hebreas; presidiarios encadenados, como salidos de Los miserables; húsares, blancos y celestes; aérea caballería marroquí, envuelta en jaiques fantasmales; misteriosas ciudades santas; arias de Bellini cantadas a la luz de las hogueras por oficiales sentimentales; zocos abigarrados; curtidas cantineras vestidas a la amazona, revólver en cinto; Prim tonante, en los Castillejos; caravanas ondulantes de camellos; ataques a la bayoneta con banderas desplegadas, al compás de músicas y charangas.
"Es una magnífica noticia que se rescate este clásico, porque De Pavía a Rocroi es una obra maestra, imprescindible en toda buena biblioteca histórica.
PYRRHUS, King of Epirus, entered at the very beginning of his life upon the extraordinary series of romantic adventures which so strikingly marked his career.
