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Legions
of the North by Michael Simkins.
In the year 122, the Roman Emperor Hadrian arrived in England.
It was the first visit of a Roman Emperor to the Province of Britannia
since the invasion in 43 AD, and Hadrian, concerned about security in the
Province, ordered the construction of 'a wall to separate Romans from the
Barbarians'. As well as looking at the wall itself in this volume,
Michael Simkins goes on to study the evolution of armour, equipment and
beliefs amongst the Romans involved in the building of the wall and their
successors.
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Price £9.95. Book serial number
BK1299.
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The Spartans by
Nicholas V Sekunda and Richard Hook
The Spartans were the only full-time army in ancient Greece and were
thus a truly elite force. The entire machinery of the state and education
system was dedicated to creating superbly trained soldiers. Excelling in
war , restless in peace, this society's finest hour came as the Spartan
hoplites faced the might of the Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae,
in a battle that has become a byword for fortitude and bravery. Without
the indomitable courage and discipline of these warriors, the Persians
would surely have conquered Greece, and significantly altered the course
of history.
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Price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey BH2.
Fully illustrated paperback with 64 pages.
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The Landsknechts by
Douglas Miller & Gerry Embleton
Book price £8.99. Book serial number
Osprey MA58.
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The Roman Army from
Hadrian to Constantine by Michael Simkins and Ronald Embleton
The year of 122 was the first time a Roman Emperor had set in the
Province of Britannia since the invasion in AD43. No doubt Hadrian had
read many reports concerning the damage caused by marauding tribesmen
crossing from what is now Scotland into the Province. He therefore decided
- in the words of his biographer - 'to build a wall to separate the Romans
from the Barbarians'. This engaging work from author Michael Simkins
explores in depth the organisation, equipment, weapons and armour of the
Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine, one of the most exciting periods
in Roman history.
Price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA93.
Fully illustrated paperback with 40
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Hannibal by Ernle
Bradford
Hannibal had long known his fate should the Romans ever lay hands on
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 fifteen years, he used the country as his
battlefield and his home, destroying Roman armies with almost contemptuous
ease. For centuries after his death Roman mothers would frighten their
children into behaving by telling them: 'Hannibal is at the gates!'
Even today, Hannibal stands as one of the greatest generals in the
history of warfare and his battlefield tactics are still studied in
military academies all over the world. Ernle Bradford has given us a
complete biography, exploring the strategies of his greatest triumphs and
showing us Hannibal the soldier, the general, the statesman and the
private man - revealing a personal charisma and leadership ability that
makes his presence still felt in every country bordering the
Mediterranean.
Book serial number W12. Price £6.99.
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Armies of the
Carthaginian Wars 265-146BC by Terence Wise & Richard Hook
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The Roman War
Machine by John Peddie
Book serial number BK15. Price £14.99.
Hard back with 169 pages,
packed with black and white illustrations and photographs.
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Byzantine Armies 886-1118 by Ian
Heath & Angus McBride
Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA89
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Arthur
and the Anglo-Saxon Wars by David Nicolle & Angus McBride
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99.
Book serial number Osprey MA154.
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Early Roman Armies
by Nick Sekunda, Simon Northwood & Richard Hook
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
Book price £8.99.
Book serial number Osprey MA283.
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Rome's
Enemies 1 - Germanics and Dacians by Peter Wilcox & G Embleton
Book is packed with black and white photographs and colour illustrations.
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Book serial number Osprey MA129.
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The Greek and Persian Wars
500-323BC by Jack Cassin-Scott
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Viking Longship by
Keith Durham and Steve Noon
Viking longships evolved from one-man canoes of the Scandinavian Stone
Age, through wood-built ships of c.200 BC into recognisable longboats of
the 4th century AD. From this point, the Viking longship developed into
the pre-eminent raider and trader in the North Sea and Baltic, venturing
as far afield as the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and modern-day Russia.
This book uses reconstructions, original sources, translations and
archaeological evidence to render a vivid picture of the vessel s that
dominated the seaways of Scandinavia, founded colonies on Iceland,
Greenland and the New World and terrorised the coastlines of Northern
Europe. Norman vessels are also covered, including the invasion fleet of
William the Conqueror.
BOOK PRICE £8.99. Book serial number Osprey NV47
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Saxon, Viking and
Norman by Terence Wise & G A Embleton
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Julius Caesar: Man,
Soldier, Tyrant by Major General J.F.C. Fuller
This book covers Caesar's rise to power, and deals in detail with
his campaign in Gaul. It follows his career from then until his death,
through the conflict of Pompei and the futile Alexandrian campaign. The
tactics and strategy of Caesar's wars are always related to their
political and diplomatic matrix, and through his conduct as a general,
much of his great gift was for dash - frequently extracting himself from
an apparently impossible position by the speed and impetus of his
response. But frequently the position was due in the first place to
Caesar's own error.
Julius Caesar bestrode the ancient world in a way that was
unrivalled except for Alexander the Great. Major-General Fuller's cool
appraisal shows that he was a far more interesting and complex man than
his legend often allows.
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The Roman Army From
Caesar to Trajan by Michael Simkins & Ron Embleton
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Pictish Warrior AD
297 - 841 by Paul Wagner
First mentioned by name in AD 297, the Picts inhabited
Northern Britain from the end of the 3rd century AD to the 9th. They
rose to power in the devastation following Emperor Septimus Severus's
repression of the Caledonians in AD 208, and dominated Northern Britain
for over 500 years, before vanishing mysteriously. The Picts
represent a high point of Celtic civilisation, remaining free and
unconquered beyond the borders of the Roman world, and rising to become
the first barbarians to form a recognisable nation. This title takes
a detailed look at their origins, and examines Pictish heroic and warrior
society, covering education and training, appearance and equipment, the
status of women, and the experience of battle.
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