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...
Women and Warfare in the Ancient World presents a broad view of women and female figures involved in war in the ancient world, incorporating mythological, legendary, archaeological, and historical...
According to legend, Romulus was born to a Vestal Virgin and left for dead as an infant near the Tiber River. His life nearly ended as quickly as it began, but fate had other plans. A humble shepherd rescued the child and helped raise him into manhood.
"[A] valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the formative years of the Roman empire." — United Nations of Roma Victrix (UNRV)Marcus Agrippa personified the term "right-hand man"....
The Man Who Lost Three Roman Legions in the Teutoburg Disaster
by Joanne Ball
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399088329
Pub Date: 2023-10-12
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
320 Pages
This unique full-length English biography of Varus reassesses how he has been held responsible for one of the most infamous and humiliating defeats in Roman history.Publius Quinctilius Varus is famous...
The Life and Conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina
by James T Carney
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399067898
Pub Date: 2023-09-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
232 Pages
Lucius Sergius Catilina ('Catiline'), was a Roman aristocrat from a poor but noble family. He was controversial figure both in his own times and in subsequent historical scholarship.
This is the only modern biography of Marcus Furius Camillus currently available in English.Camillus served as a censor, was elected to six consular tribuneships, appointed dictator five times, and enjoyed...
The story of Norman and Plantagenet England through one of its most notable and loyal families.In the reign of Edward I, when asked Quo Warranto - by what warrant he held his lands - John de Warenne,...
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