Greek and Roman Artillery 399 BC - AD 363, Paperback - Duncan B. Campbell

The catapult (katapeltikon) was developed around 400 BC by engineers and craftsmen assembled by Dionysius I of Syracuse. This work describes the de...

Reducere. Greek and Roman Artillery 399 BC-AD 363 is the 89th book in the Osprey New Vanguard Series. The catapult (katapeltikon) was invented under the patr...

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Two hundred years of Roman imperial politics and power brought to life in an action-packed narrative.

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds - Michael Scott

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An action-packed narrative of Roman imperial politics, from Constantine's empire to the destruction of Roman Italy across 363 to 568 AD.

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The most authoritative history of Roman Britain ever published for the general reader.

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In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the de...

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This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian.

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The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare - Philip Sabin, Hans Van Wees, Michael Whitby

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This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the hum...

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Mosaic has been called "painting for eternity, " and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condi...

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This volume examines military manuals from early Archaic Greece to the Byzantine period, covering topics including readership, siege warfare, merce...

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The peace that followed the First Punic War was shallow and fractious, with the resumption of hostilities in 218 BC sparked by Carthaginian expansi...

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