From the Ashes of the Roman Empire to the New Ruling Order
by Philip J Potter
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021425
Pub Date: 2024-05-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
328 Pages
The Mighty Warrior Kings traces the history of early Europe through the biographies of nine kings, who had the courage, determination and martial might to establish their dominance over the fragmented...
John D Grainger analyzes the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus’ system was a...
The Battle of the Frigidus River, fought on 5 and 6 September 394 in what is now Slovenia, was a crucial clash between the Eastern Roman emperor, Theodosius (later ‘the Great’), and the usurper...
Caesar, Metellus Scipio, and the Renewal of the Third Roman Civil War
by Gareth C Sampson
Price: $36.95
ISBN: 9781526793669
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
240 Pages
Despite defeating his opponent Pompeius Magnus at Pharsalus, and the latter’s subsequent murder, Caesar still faced a determined opposition in the Civil War that had engulfed the late Roman Republic....
Warfare on Scotland's Northern Frontier in the Early Middle Ages
by Chris Peers
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781526797452
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
224 Pages
The wars fought in Scotland’s northern and western highlands between the ninth and fourteenth centuries were a key stage in the military history of the region, yet they have rarely been studied in-depth before. Out of this confused and turbulent period came the more settled and familiar history of the region.
The Greatest, Bloodiest, Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever
by Chris Glenn
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399014175
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
216 Pages
Sekigahara was the greatest samurai battle in history. Japan had long been at civil war until brought under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, and then, following his death at the hands of a traitorous general, that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was Hideyoshi who completed the unification of Japan and ushered in a period of peace.
The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, 136-132 and 105-100 BC
by Natale Barca
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781399021463
Pub Date: 2024-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
272 Pages
In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much bloodshed. Their leader, a fortune-teller...
In 55 BC, on a stretch of beach near Deal in East Kent, the Romans’ first invasion was in great danger of being pushed back into the sea by a host of Britons defending the beach. The eagle bearer...
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