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1	The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third more books like this by Edward Luttwak add to wishlist Luttwak believes that `the Roman achievement in the realm of grand strategy remains entirely unsurpassed and even two millennia of technological innovation have not invalidated its lessons.' He argues that the strength of the Roman Empire was not due to tactical superiority on the battlefield, superior generalship or more advanced weapons ... see all copies from £13.13! new only from £13.94!
2	Hittite Warrior more books like this by Trevor Bryce, Adam Hook (Illustrator) add to wishlist Written by Trevor Bryce, one of the world's leading experts on the Hittites, this book charts the rise and fall of a warrior people famed for the ferocity, who built an empire which stretched from Mesopotamia to Syria and Palestine. For nearly a century the Hittites fought a draining war against the Egyptians - the climax of which saw the Hittites ... see all copies from £5.78! new only from £5.78!
3	Soldiers & Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity more books like this by J E Lendon add to wishlist Sparta, Macedon, and Rome - how did these nations come to dominate the ancient world? What set their armies apart? Noting this was an age that witnessed few technological advances, J. E. Lendon shows us that the most successful armies were those that made the most effective use of cultural tradition. Ancient combat moved forward by looking ... see all copies from £7.90! new only from £11.11! \| first editions
4	Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors, and Warfare in the Ancient Civilizations of Greece and Rome more books like this by John Warry add to wishlist see all copies from £9.18! new only from £16.41! \| first editions
5	Greece and Rome at War more books like this by Peter Connolly add to wishlist Revised edition incorporating new archaeological research. see all copies from £15.13! new only from £20.37! \| first editions
6	Ancient Assyrians more books like this by Mark Healy add to wishlist Today we know the Assyrian Empire only as it is depicted in the Bible. In this text the author uncovers the truth about a civilization which, within only 50 years of obtaining complete dominance of the East, had crumbled into insignificance. see all copies from £8.01! new only from £8.01! \| first editions
7	With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World more books like this by Alfred S Bradford add to wishlist Most studies of ancient warfare focus only on the Greeks and Romans, but this sweeping study covers the whole of the ancient world from Greece and Rome to the Near East, then eastward to Parthia, India and China. Bradford transports the reader into the midst of ancient battles behind such great leaders as Thutmose III, Ashurbanipal, Alexander, ... see all copies from £6.13! new only from £10.50! \| first editions
8	The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great more books like this by Arther Ferrill add to wishlist see all copies from £4.99! new only from £19.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Greek and Roman Warfare: Battles, Tactics and Trickery more books like this by John Drogo Montagu add to wishlist "Greek & Roman Warfare: Battles, Tactics and Trickery "is a uniquely detailed work which explores the tactics and battle strategies of the Graeco-Roman period. This incisive study goes beyond the arms and armor of classical warfare to reveal the numerous factors, be they geographical, psychological or circumstantial, that informed the course of ... see all copies from £7.12! new only from £19.04!
10	Warfare in the classical world : an illustrated encyclopaedia of weapons, warriors, and warfare in the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome more books like this by John Gibson Warry add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.43! \| first editions
11	Alexander more books like this by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Lieutenant add to wishlist }Alexander the Great (356323 B.C.) was incontestably one of the greatest military generals of all time. From the time he sacked Thebes and crossed the Hellespont to his death eleven years later, he conquered the entire Persian empire, including Tyre, Egypt, and Babylon, and moved on to present-day northern India and Afghanistan. He influenced the ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £5.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	The Anatomy of Error: Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists more books like this by Barry S Strauss, Josiah Ober add to wishlist see all copies from £4.20! first editions
13	Battle for Gaul more books like this by Julius Caesar, Anne Wiseman (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £3.50! new only from £6.19! \| first editions
14	Hannibal more books like this by Ernle Bradford add to wishlist Hannibal had long known his fate should the Romans ever lay hands upon him. He had taken an army right through Spain and into what is now France, crossed the Alps (at a time of year when no one believed it possible), and invaded Italy. Then, for 15 years, he used the country as his battlefield and his home, destroying Roman armies with an almost ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £12.37! \| first editions
15 view cover	Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War more books like this by Kaveh Farrokh add to wishlist The empires of ancient Persia remain as mysterious today as they were to contemporary Western scholars. Although Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia is legendary, the military successes of the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian empires, along with their revolutionary military technology, tactics and culture have been almost forgotten in the ... see all copies from £8.01! new only from £8.01! \| first editions
16 view cover	A history of the art of war in the sixteenth century more books like this by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman add to wishlist -- The best account of sixteenth-century warfare -- By the author of A History of the Peninsular War This is an unrivalled account of sixteenth-century warfare, in which Sir Charles Oman covers the Great Wars of 1494-1559; Henry VllI's continental wars; the French Wars of Religion, 1562-98; the Dutch war of independence, 1568-1603; and the Turkish ... see all copies from £39.43! first editions
17 view cover	Warfare in Ancient Greece: Arms and Armor from the Heroes of Homer to the Successors of Alexander the Great more books like this by Tim Everson add to wishlist In this first comprehensive study of Ancient Greek warfare for over 35 years, Tim Everson discusses clearly and thoroughly the background, weapons and tactics of the ancient Greeks. He describes the weapons, armour, helmets, chariots and other military equipment used in from c. 1550 to 150 BC and traces how and when various pieces of equipment ... see all copies from £12.37! new only from £15.35!
18 view cover	Besieged: Siege Warfare in the Ancient World more books like this by Duncan Campbell add to wishlist Sieges played a central role in many conflicts of the ancient world, and generals such as Darius, Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Scipio Africanus successfully used siegecraft to gain their objectives. As siege tactics became an integral part of war, generals employed the minds of engineers and scientists to develop tactics that ranged from ... see all copies from £5.07! new only from £7.41! \| first editions
19 view cover	Chariot: From Chariot to Tank, the Astounding Rise of the World's First War Machine more books like this by Arthur Cotterell add to wishlist Lively, accessible and lavishly illustrated, this is a cross-cultural study of chariot warfare throughout the Old World, from Ireland to Korea. The chariot changed the face of ancient warfare. First in West Asia and Egypt, then in India and China, charioteers came to dominate the battlefield. Its use as a war machine is graphically recounted in ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57!
20	The Gallic wars more books like this by Julius Caesar add to wishlist see all copies from £8.00! new only from £8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest During Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty more books like this by John Coleman Darnell, Colleen Manassa add to wishlist The force that forged an empire. The furious thunder of thousands of hooves, the clatter and sheen of bronze armor sparkling in the desert sun, the crunch of wooden wheels racing across a rock-strewn battlefield - and leading this terrifying chariot charge, the gallant Pharaoh, the ribbons of his blue war crown streaming behind him as he launches ... see all copies from £7.44! new only from £9.91! \| first editions
22	Law in Classical Athens more books like this by Douglas M MacDowell add to wishlist see all copies from £6.64! new only from £13.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	Brassey's Book of Military Blunders more books like this by Geoffrey Regan add to wishlist A look at a history that has been marked as much by incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Find out which general believed he was pregnant with an elephant and which British cruiser torpedoed itself. see all copies from £5.30! new only from £10.50!
24 view cover	Trade & warfare more books like this by Robert Hull add to wishlist An exploration of trade and warfare in the WORLD OF ANCIENT GREECE series, incorporating photographs of artefacts and architectural remains, maps, reconstruction artwork and short quotations from ancient Greek texts. Suitable for the National Curriculum KS2. see all copies from £3.77! new only from £13.03!
25 view cover	Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook more books like this by Michael M Sage add to wishlist This study assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the Greek experience of war. The author has carefully selected key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided them with commentaries. For the Greek polis, warfare was a more usual state of affairs than peace. The documents ... see all copies from £13.47! new only from £23.34!

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