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  • The Fortress of Rhodes 1309–1522

    by Konstantin Nossov ...
    Series Book 96 - Fortress
    An illustrated history of the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller, repeatedly besieged during the Crusades.First besieged in 305 BC, the island of Rhodes became part of the Roman Empire and was later fortified in the Byzantine style. Due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean, Rhodes was also attacked and besieged for over a century by Islamic forces.This book details the development ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Russian Fortresses 1480–1682

    by Konstantin Nossov ...
    Series Book 39 - Fortress
    In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to Ivan III (1462–1505), who succeeded in throwing off the Tatar yoke. For the next 200 years this new state struggled to maintain her borders against a series of attacks from the Lithuanians, Swedes and Poles to the west, as well as the Tatars to the south. They achieved this through the development of a network of fortified sites and a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • War Elephants

    by Konstantin Nossov ...
    Series Book 150 - New Vanguard
    A detailed examination of the elephant in war, exploring both the technical details of armament and equipment, as well as their use in some of ancient history's most dramatic battles.Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia, where war elephants constituted the bulk of most armies in the region from antiquity right up to the 19th century. This ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons

    A Fully Illustrated Guide to Siege Weapons and Tactics

    by Konstantin Nossov ...
    An instructional history of the development, construction, and use of siege weapons. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Gladiator

    The Complete Guide to Ancient Rome's Bloody Fighters

    by Konstantin Nossov ...
    From the author of Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons comes an eye-opening new look at one of the most popular spectacles of ancient Rome. This detailed, fascinating guide covers every aspect of the gladiator phenomenon from the types of equipment the different classes of gladiator used to the high place in society these sportsmen came to occupy. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Hittite Fortifications c.1650-700 BC

    by Konstantin S Nossov ...
    Series Book 73 - Fortress
    In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migrated and settled in Central Anatolia, at that time a land of small city-states whose rulers lived in fortresses.These fortifications enabled the Hittites to transform themselves into a Bronze Age super-power, defeating the Egyptians at Kadesh in c.1274 BC. Konstantin Nossov examines the fortifications ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Indian Castles 1206–1526

    The Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanate

    by Konstantin S Nossov ...
    Series Book 51 - Fortress
    From the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD northern India began to fall under the sway of a number of Muslim-Turkic rulers who, at the start of the 13th century, founded the series of dynasties known to history as the Delhi Sultanate.For three centuries these sultans expanded their territory, which led to a dramatic rise in the number of fortifications throughout the subcontinent. This period is ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Greek Fortifications of Asia Minor 500–130 BC

    From the Persian Wars to the Roman Conquest

    by Konstantin S Nossov ...
    Series Book 90 - Fortress
    Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world.Fought over repeatedly in the 5th century BC, their conquest by the Persians provided a casus belli for Alexander the Great to cross the Hellespont in 334 BC and launch the battle of Granicus and the sieges ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862–1480

    by Konstantin S Nossov ...
    Series Book 61 - Fortress
    A history of the key fortresses that dominated the landscape of medieval Russia from its legendary foundations in the 9th century to its conquest by the Mongols and the eventual rise to power of the principality of Muscovy.According to Russian legend, in the year AD 862 the Slav tribes of what is now European Russia invited a number of Scandinavian princes to rule over them. However, on the death ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    The Battle for the West

    by Ernle Bradford ...
    An account of the ancient battle between Persia and the alliance of Greek city-states, including the legendary "300 Spartans."In 480 BCE, Persian king Xerxes led a massive invasion of Greece. A critical point in this invasion was the battle for the pass at Thermopylae—"Hot Gates" in Greek. Xerxes had amassed one of the largest armies yet known to man, while Leonidas's troops, a group of united ... Read more

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  • The Campaigns of Alexander

    by Arrian ...
    Translated by Aubrey De Selincourt ...
    Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror.He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - ... Read more

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  • Legions of Rome

    The definitive history of every Roman legion

    by Stephen Dando-Collins ...
    No book on Roman history has attempted to do what Stephen Dando-Collins does in Legions of Rome: to provide a complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. The author has spent the last thirty years collecting every scrap of available evidence from numerous sources: stone and bronze inscriptions, coins, papyrus and literary accounts in a remarkable feat ... Read more

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