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Book Synopsis Rome's Northern Enemies by : Andy Singleton
Download or read book Rome's Northern Enemies written by Andy Singleton and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide features illustrated instructions and practical advice for assembling and painting wargaming figurines of ancient European warriors. Throughout their history, the Romans were troubled by formidable warlike tribes along their northern borders: The Celts of Gaul and Northern Italy who sacked Rome itself; the British who repulsed Julius Caesar and resisted later occupation; the Germanic tribes along the Rhine; and the fearsome falx-wielding Dacians on the Danube. In Rome’s Northern Enemies, Andy Singleton provides a detailed guide to assembling and painting figurines of these formidable foes for your next gaming session. With Andy’s practical advice, you will achieve a fine collection ready for tabletop battle or display. Most of the figures featured in the numerous illustrations are 28mm but the techniques described are easily adaptable to smaller scales and to plastic or metal. Step-by-step guidance takes the process from initial preparation and assembly of the figure, to finishing and basing. Themed chapters cover armor, clothing, skin tones, warpaint and tattoos, shields and horses.
Download or read book Enemies of Rome written by Iain Ferris and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2003-11-18 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artists of Ancient Rome portrayed the barbarian enemies of the empire in sculpture, reliefs, metalwork and jewellery. Enemies of Rome shows how the study of these images can reveal a great deal about the barbarians, as well as Roman art and the Romans view of themselves.
Book Synopsis Rome and the Enemy by : Susan P. Mattern
Download or read book Rome and the Enemy written by Susan P. Mattern and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text draws on the literature, composed by the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs. It shows that concepts of honour, competition for status and revenge drove Roman foreign policy.
Book Synopsis Painting Wargaming Figures Rome's Northern Enemies by : Andy Singleton
Download or read book Painting Wargaming Figures Rome's Northern Enemies written by Andy Singleton and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout their history, the Romans were troubled by formidable warlike tribes along their northern borders. The Celts of Gaul and Northern Italy, who sacked Rome itself, the British who repulsed Julius Caesar and resisted later occupation, the Germanic tribes along the Rhine and the fearsome falx-wielding Dacians on the Danube, all proved worthy foes of the legions. If you are raising your own army to defy the might of Rome, Andy Singleton will help you get them ready for battle with ease. The emphasis is on achievable results and practical advice to get your army painted and ready for gaming in a reasonable time frame, and achieve a fine collection that will look great on the shelf or table. Most of the figures featured in the numerous illustrations are 28mm but the techniques described are easily adaptable to smaller scales and to plastic or metal. Step-by-step guidance takes the process from initial preparation and assembly of the figure, to finishing and basing. Themed chapters cover armour, clothing, skin tones, warpaint and tattoos, shields and horses.
Download or read book Hannibal's Oath written by John Prevas and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome. Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched on a monstrous elephant, leading his mercenaries over the Alps, and then, against all odds, descending the ice-covered peaks to challenge Rome in her own backyard for mastery of the ancient world. It was a bold move, and it established Hannibal as one of history's greatest commanders. But this same brilliant tactician is also one of history's most tragic figures; fate condemned him to win his battles but not his war against Rome. An internationally recognized expert on Hannibal for nearly thirty years, historian John Prevas has visited every Hannibal-related site and mountain pass, from Tunisia to Italy, Spain to Turkey, seeking evidence to dispel the myths surrounding Hannibal's character and his wars. Hannibal's Oath is an easily readable yet comprehensive biography of this iconic military leader--an epic account of a monumental and tragic life.
Book Synopsis Rome's Third Samnite War, 298–290 BC by : Mike Roberts
Download or read book Rome's Third Samnite War, 298–290 BC written by Mike Roberts and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling account of alliances, animosities, and ancient warfare in central Italy. The Third Samnite War was a crucial episode in the early history of Rome. Upon its outcome rested mastery of central Italy, and the independent survival of both Rome and the Samnites. Determined to resist aggressive Roman expansion, the Samnites forged a powerful alliance with the Senones (a tribe of Italian Gauls), Etruscans, and Umbrians. The result was eight years of hard campaigning, brutal sieges, and bitter battles that stretched Rome to the limit. The desperate nature of the struggle is illustrated by the ritual self-sacrifice (devotio) by the Roman consul Publius Decimus Mus at the Battle of Sentinum (295 BC), which restored the resolve of the wavering Roman troops, and by the Samnite Linen Legion at the Battle of Aquilonia (393 BC), each man of which was bound by a sacred oath to conquer or die on the battlefield. Mike Roberts, who has travelled the Italian landscape upon which these events played out, mines the sources—which are more reliable, he argues, than for Rome’s previous wars—to produce a compelling narrative of this momentous conflict.
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Book Synopsis Enemies of Ancient Rome by : Virtus Libris
Download or read book Enemies of Ancient Rome written by Virtus Libris and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dacia. To most it means nothing; to history, it is a footnote. To the Romans, it represented the biggest external threat during the beginnings of empire. The Dacians were one of the largest barbarian nations in the ancient world, and unlike many other civilizations, they had mastered the use of iron. For over a century, Dacia would harass and attack Roman settlements. For over a century, Dacian kings would defy the authority of Roman emperors. For over a century, Dacia would remain a threat poised over the northern border of Rome, yet mysteriously little information remains from this once sprawling kingdom. When Rome faced a threat, it eradicated every aspect of that threat, including its army, its borders, and its national identity. Dacia would prove no exception.
Download or read book Ancient Rome written by Paul A. Zoch and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events and personalities of ancient Rome spring to life in this history. Paul A. Zoch presents, in contemporary language, the history of Rome and the stories of its protagonists such as Romulus and Remus, Horatius, and Nero-which are so often omitted from more specialized studies.
Book Synopsis Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? by : Brent L. Sterling
Download or read book Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? written by Brent L. Sterling and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of nations, conspicuously Israel and the United States, have been increasingly attracted to the use of strategic barriers to promote national defense. In Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?, defense analyst Brent Sterling examines the historical use of strategic defenses such as walls or fortifications to evaluate their effectiveness and consider their implications for modern security. Sterling studies six famous defenses spanning 2,500 years, representing both democratic and authoritarian regimes: the Long Walls of Athens, Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain, the Ming Great Wall of China, Louis XIV’s Pré Carré, France’s Maginot Line, and Israel’s Bar Lev Line. Although many of these barriers were effective in the short term, they also affected the states that created them in terms of cost, strategic outlook, military readiness, and relations with neighbors. Sterling assesses how modern barriers against ground and air threats could influence threat perceptions, alter the military balance, and influence the builder’s subsequent policy choices. Advocates and critics of strategic defenses often bolster their arguments by selectively distorting history. Sterling emphasizes the need for an impartial examination of what past experience can teach us. His study yields nuanced lessons about strategic barriers and international security and yields findings that are relevant for security scholars and compelling to general readers.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic monarchies and the rise of Rome by :
Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic monarchies and the rise of Rome written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rome and the Enemy by : Susan P. Mattern
Download or read book Rome and the Enemy written by Susan P. Mattern and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This illuminating book draws on the literature, especially the historiography, composed by the members of the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs. From this evidence, Susan P. Mattern reevaluates the roots, motivations, and goals of Roman imperial foreign policy especially as that policy related to warfare. In a major reinterpretation of the sources, Rome and the Enemy shows that concepts of national honor, fierce competition for status, and revenge drove Roman foreign policy, and though different from the highly rationalizing strategies often attributed to the Romans, dictated patterns of response that remained consistent over centuries. Mattern reconstructs the world view of the Roman decision-makers, the emperors, and the elite from which they drew their advisers. She discusses Roman conceptions of geography, strategy, economics, and the influence of traditional Roman values on the conduct of military campaigns. She shows that these leaders were more strongly influenced by a traditional, stereotyped perception of the enemy and a drive to avenge insults to their national honor than by concepts of defensible borders. In fact, the desire to enforce an image of Roman power was a major policy goal behind many of their most brutal and aggressive campaigns. Rome and the Enemy provides a fascinating look into the Roman mind in addition to a compelling reexamination of Roman conceptions of warfare and national honor. The resulting picture creates a new understanding of Rome's long mastery of the Mediterranean world.
Book Synopsis The Roman of the North by : Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple
Download or read book The Roman of the North written by Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the Roman Legion cannot keep Antonius from his heart's desire . . . A side story in the Celtic Highland Maidens series! They are on opposite sides of a war, separated by a wall. He's her most hated enemy as a soldier of Rome, but nothing can stop his desire. Who is this northern beauty who stole his breath and his heart the moment he first saw her? Antonius, a Roman soldier assigned to the Northern Isles, is cold, tired, and stuck in his Roman camp south of Antoine's Wall. Since the inception of the treaty between Rome and the barbaric Caledonii, the soldiers have done little more than boring and demeaning grunt work. How is this the glory of Rome? Antonius prides himself on honor, and his inner turmoil is tested when the Prefect sends Antonius and several other soldiers on a scouting mission north of the wall to break a good-faith treaty. He's caught by three Caledoniis - one of whom holds a spear to his neck. Only, she's not the one who has Antonius's attention. It's the other woman with her - the curvaceous, red-haired woman with wild curls and the sensibility to question Antonius instead of kill him - who has his full attention. Muireall. Though it's been a long while since Antonius has been with a woman, surely his stark and brutal attraction is driven from need and not something more. Antonius is wrong, so wrong. His desire for this enticing Caledonii lass urges him to help her people repel an attack by the treacherous Romans, his own people, in his quest to stay with Muireall. She might be his enemy, but he wants her nonetheless. And he will have her. But the Romans are devious and resolute, and when a surprise attack goes awry, his vow to protect the Caledonii and safeguard Muireall's life are on the line. A battle is brewing between the Romans and the Celts. Can Antonius walk that line into his future, or will his obligations to the Romans destroy everything he's grown to love?
Download or read book The Poison King written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals.--From publisher description.
Book Synopsis Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal by : Bret Mulligan
Download or read book Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal written by Bret Mulligan and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire. Even today Hannibal's brilliant, if ultimately unsuccessful, campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) make him one of history's most celebrated military leaders. This biography by Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-27 BC) sketches Hannibal's life from the time he began traveling with his father's army as a young boy, through his sixteen-year invasion of Italy and his tumultuous political career in Carthage, to his perilous exile and eventual suicide in the East. As Rome completed its bloody transition from dysfunctional republic to stable monarchy, Nepos labored to complete an innovative and influential collection of concise biographies. Putting aside the detailed, chronological accounts of military campaigns and political machinations that characterized most writing about history, Nepos surveyed Roman and Greek history for distinguished men who excelled in a range of prestigious occupations. In the exploits and achievements of these illustrious men, Nepos hoped that his readers would find models for the honorable conduct of their own lives. Although most of Nepos' works have been lost, we are fortunate to have his biography of Hannibal. Nepos offers a surprisingly balanced portrayal of a man that most Roman authors vilified as the most monstrous foe that Rome had ever faced. Nepos' straightforward style and his preference for common vocabulary make Life of Hannibal accessible for those who are just beginning to read continuous Latin prose, while the historical interest of the subject make it compelling for readers of every ability.
Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Ancient History ... by : John Bagnell Bury
Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History ... written by John Bagnell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rome's Armies to the Death of Augustus by : Tony McArthur
Download or read book Rome's Armies to the Death of Augustus written by Tony McArthur and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National armies, as we know them today, are a comparatively recent development. It has been assumed that the Romans had an army similar to the national institutions of advanced, almost exclusively European, powers at the end of the nineteenth century. But the assumption was wrong as is the belief that changes seen in the armies can be explained because the Romans reformed their armies. Up to the death of Augustus, the Romans had no permanent military forces. Roman armies were raised for particular campaigns and disbanded at their conclusion. Repeated campaigns were conducted in places like northern Italy and Spain but the armies were always disbanded. These armies were not seen by Romans as part of a national institution as modern armies are; they were simply a part of the life of a Roman citizen, like religion or elections. These armies were more like a militia than a national army. There is little evidence even of systematic training and what changes can be detected can be better explained by contingent adaptation to circumstances rather than reform. The emperor Augustus is commonly seen as the originator of the imperial armies but it was an unintended outcome of a long life.
