Military History of Late Rome 425-457, Hardcover - Ilkka Syvanne

Description_The Military History of Late Rome 425-457_ analyses in great detail how the Romans coped with the challenge posed by masses of Huns in ...

Detailed narrative of military events of Roman Empire 457-518, including detailed analysis of several hitherto neglected battles.Illustrations: 32 ...

Narrative of Rome's wars during a tumultuous period of civil war and mounting external threats. Discusses development of the Roman army and the arm...

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This book reassesses the earliest evidence afresh from the perspective of a military historian.

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This is a dual biography of the emperors Marcus Antonius Gordianus ('Gordian III', reigned 238-244) and Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus ('Philip t...

Reconstructs the military campaigns of the period in unprecedented detail.

DescriptionAttila the Hun is a household name. Rising to the Hunnic kingship around 434, he dominated European history for the next two decades. At...

DescriptionThis guide to the Late Roman Army focusses on the dramatic and crucial period that started with the accession of Diocletian and ended wi...

One of the bloodiest European battles of the Second World War was that from January to June 1944 for the Gustav Line, anchored on Monte Cassino, fa...

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DescriptionCapitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history...

Before becoming the masters of the Mediterranean world, the Romans had first to conquer the Italian peninsula in a series of harsh conflicts agains...

This book is essential reading for understanding what happened to Rome at the end of antiquity. By focusing on the actions of senatorial aristocrat...

DescriptionAs with everything else, there were good and bad Roman emperors. The good, like Trajan (98-117), Hadrian (117-138), Antoninus Pius (138-...

This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy a...

DescriptionFollowing the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued th...

In May 1944, 40, 000 Polish soldiers attacked and captured the hilltops of Monte Cassino, bringing to a close the largest, bloodiest battle fought ...

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This volume examines interdisciplinary boundaries, and includes texts focusing on material culture, philological analysis and historical research. ...

Early in 1944 the Allied advance was halted by the German defence of the Gustav Line. Even with the deployment of Eighth Army reinforcements from t...

While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made hi...

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The history of the city of Rome is broken down into twenty-two pivotal episodes in which events there set the course of Western civilisation, with ...

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In the spring of 1940, Stalin's NKVD executed 22, 000 Polish officers, ensigns and state officials near the Russian village of Katyn and other plac...

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A century of South African military history in a single volume, the first of its kind. Includes the Second Anglo-Boer War, the two world wars, and ...

DescriptionSpain in Arms is a military history of the Spanish Civil War. It examines how the Spanish Civil War developed on the battlefield through...

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