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The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
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Include books by the same authorThe Persian Expedition
Xenophon · 375 pages
The Anabasis by Xenophon (c. 430-c. 354 BCE) is an eyewitness account of Greek mercenaries' challenging "March Up-Country" from Babylon back to the coast of Asia Minor under Xenophon's guidance in 401 BCE, after their leader Cyrus the Younger fell in a failed campaign against his brother.
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece-and Western Civilization
Barry S. Strauss · 320 pages
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
Paul Anthony Cartledge · 300 pages
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Tom Holland · 448 pages
In 480 B.C.E., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory--rapid, spectacular victory--had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. They had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire which stretched from India to the shores of the Aegean. X
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Adrian Goldsworthy · 608 pages
Alexander the Great
Robin Lane Fox · 568 pages
Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His achievements were unparalleled - he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities and st
Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire
Robin A.H. Waterfield · 273 pages
"Dividing the spoils" revives the memory of Alexander's Successors, whose fame has been dimmed only because they stand in his enormous shadow. In fact, Alexander left things in a mess at the time of his death, with no guaranteed succession, no administration in place suitable for such an enormous realm, and huge untamed areas both bordering and within his 'empire'. The Successors consolidated the
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
Robert L. O'Connell · 323 pages
Robert L. O'Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle of the Second Punic War, and its causes and consequences.
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century AD to the Third
Edward N. Luttwak · 272 pages
The Peloponnesian War
Donald Kagan · 511 pages
For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart bya conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: The Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the worldrsquo;s most respected classical, political, and military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Sparta
The Rise of the Roman Empire
Polybius · 574 pages
Political and social history, chronicle of military affairs.
The History of Rome, Books XXI-XXX: The War With Hannibal
Livy · 712 pages
Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
Stephen Dando-Collins · 328 pages
"A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of Munda and from Thapsus, Caesar's tactical masterpiece, to the grim siege of the Jewish fortress of Masada. More than a mere unit account, it incorporates the history of Rome and the Roman army at the height
The Persian War
Herodotus, William Shepard · 136 pages
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy & the Birth of Democracy
John R. Hale · 395 pages
A stirring history of the worlds first dominant navy and the towering empire it builtThe navy created by the people of Athens in ancient Greece was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world and the model for all other national navies to come. The Athenian navy built a civilization, empowered the worlds first democracy, and led a band of ordinary citizens on a voyage of discover
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs
Adrienne Mayor · 319 pages
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
James Romm · 341 pages
Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of 32 spelled the end of that unity. The story of his conquests is known to many readers, but the saga of the empire's collapse remains virtually untold. Alexander bequeathed his power, legend has it, "to the strongest," leaving behind a mentally
On Justice, Power and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · 172 pages
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Peter Heather · 584 pages
The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378)
Ammianus Marcellinus · 506 pages