Roman

The Barcid Fortunes after Cannae

Ancient Warfare Roman 23 Min Read

It didn’t take long for the seismic reverberations from Cannae to start tilting the playing field in Hannibal’s direction … or so it seemed. Almost immediately a number of the nearby Apulian communities—Aecae, Arpi, Herdonea, and Salapia—threw in with the Barcid, and as he moved west into the hill country of Rome’s old enemies the Samnites, most of them went…

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Personnel Roman 5 Min Read

Germani Corporis Custodes

Reconstruction of a guardsmen of the Germani Corporis Custodes in palace duty dress. These were picked men who formed a personal bodyguard for the emperors from the time of Augustus until about 70 A.D., and again from the early 3rd century onwards. They were often used to counter the ambitions…

Ancient Warfare Piracy Roman 7 Min Read

The Marcomannic Wars

The Marcomanni and Quadi, 1st-2nd centuries A.D. These figures represent the most politically advanced and cohesive group of Germanic tribes of the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. They lived in close contact with the Roman Empire and were, in consequence, exposed to strong Mediterranean influences. The chieftain, 2, wears a…

Roman 8 Min Read

Carausius and Allectus 286 AD to 296 AD

Bringing Order to Chaos: The Armies of Diocletian Maximian, as Emperor of the West, had his own military problems. Of these, the most intractable was presented by Carausius, a rebellious admiral of the British Channel fleet. Irrepressible, Carausius was for some time endured by the two “Augusti” as a kind…

Roman Sea Landing Wars 11 Min Read

Caesar’s Invasion of Britain

The approximate number of boats in the fleet that carried the invading Roman army to Britain in 54 BCE. Of these, 28 were dedicated warships and most of the rest were troop transports. They used for troop transports both Standard warships and merchant ships, likely more merchants (when it’s not…

Ancient Warfare Roman 5 Min Read

CAESAR VERSUS ARIOVISTUS

A few weeks after his great victory over the Helvetii, Caesar learned of a new, pressing danger. This time it was German tribesmen, led by a king named Ariovistus. The Germanic tribesmen were distantly related to the Gauls, but there the comparison ended. The Germans were known for being much…

Biography Roman 5 Min Read

Caesar – General

Tradition has it that Sulla remarked to those who pled for Caesar’s life, “Keep him since you so wish, but I would have you know that this young man who is so precious to you will one day overthrow the aristocratic party which you and I have fought so hard…

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Etruscan Warriors

1. EARLY VILLANOVAN CULTURE, 9th–8th CENTURIES BC.(1) Leader with war-chariot, Tarchuna area. The early example…

The Shadow of Rome

King Philip V, and Amyntas, Son of Alexandros, 197 BC Battle of Cynoscephalae When the…

The Sixth-Century Army of Justinian

The sixth-century army of Justinian’s era, like its earlier counterparts, was an entirely professional force,…

Sertorian War (80-72 B. C. E.)

Sertorius was a disaffected Roman who fought successfully against Sulla and Pompey. He was a…