The forts on Hadrian's wall: a comparative analysis of the form and construction of some buildings
The stone buildings within the forts associated with the Roman Wall have received little attention both from their excavators and other researchers, and relatively little has been recorded about them.
Shorn Hair and Boys' Garb: Defeminization of Spartan Women
Spartan traditions and laws regarding women attempted to masculinize them both actively and passively.
Martial Minoans? War as social process, practice and event in Bronze Age Crete
The archaeology of Minoan Crete is unique in Europe. Beyond palaces, priestesses and power, it is unique because it only emerged in the twentieth century; that was many decades after archaeological research began in most other areas of Europe.
The Siegecraft of Philip V of Macedon
It is clear from the works of Polybius and Livy that much of Philip V
Was Classical Sparta a military society?
Te potency of the military image of Sparta during the twentieth century, supported by powerful modern political analogies, helps to explain why this has been one of the few notions that has remained untransformed by the significant reassessments of the ?hara?ter o? Spartan so?iety produ?ed ?y the
last generation o? s?holarly resear?h.
Alexander's Thessalian Cavalry
Why did Thessalian cavalry play such a distinguished and crucial role during Alexander
Giants in Ancient Warfare
Adrienne Mayor considers a time when giants, long creatures of myth, did walk the land.
Fighting for Rome: the emperor as a military leader
Where before various military leaders had divided the loyalty of troops, or indeed competed for it, from the reign of Augustus onwards the armies, in general, served their emperor
Ammianus and the Elephants: Roman-Persian Siege Warfare in the Fourth Century
Ammianus Marcellinus provides the most enthralling account of military affairs available for the fourth century.
Forests and Warfare in World History
For better and for worse, both woods and warfare are fundamental factors in human life, and have been for a very long time.