Ancient Warfare Magazine

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From the very first issue of Ancient Warfare, we’ve always worked with themes. The initial idea was that such themes would help both the editor and the authors avoid treading the same old path time and again. Yes, I realise that sounds daft for a mag

With their distinctive one-piece domes and face visors, Greek Corinthian-style helmets are artefacts of great beauty. They were prized in ancient times and are still highly sought after today. A report in Agerpres describes how, following the raid ca

Romm explores the history of Alexander’s empire from his death in 323 BC until 308 BC when six of his generals divided up the empire amongst themselves and ignored the two actual heirs (Alexander’s elder brother and unborn son). These were the Succes

Death of Septimius Severus and murder of Geta. Caracalla becomes sole ruler. Caracalla assassinated. Rome near bankrupt over wars in Dacia, Parthia and Armenia. Death of Macrinus, who is overthrown by Elagabalus. Murder of Elagabalus by Alexander Sev

A milestone from Carlisle (RIB 2291) (Luguvalium) bears Carausius’ name, suggesting all of Roman Britain was in his grasp: IMP[ERATORI] C[AESARI] M[ARCO] AVR[ELIO] MAVS[AEO] CARAVSIO P[IO] F[ELICI] INVICTO AVG[VSTO] For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aure

The story of the Imperium Britanni-arum is hindered by inadequate sources, with reliance falling on non-contemporaries such as Eutropius, Aurelius Victor, and Orosius, who got their information from a hypothesized and unreliable source, the ‘Kai-serg

The Roman and Palmyran cavalry clashed on two occasions in AD 272, at the battles of Immae and Emesa. These battles determined the fates of the empires while demonstrating different approaches to the changing nature of cavalry warfare. Following Vale

The Panopolis Papyri are one of our best sources for the period. In many ways, this trove of tax receipts, requisitions, and contracts are boring reading, but among other things, they list requisitions made to prepare the city for the expected arriva

Present-day manufacturers of replica arms and armour achieve levels of quality that are way beyond anything most Roman armourers seem to have aspired to, with a few notable exceptions. Edges of helmets, for example, were roughly finished, the symmetr

By Jan Eschbach ISBN: 978-3963600258 Zeughaus Verlag (2020) - ¤39.95 www.zeughausverlag.de Look at the (English) right-hand page of section XII in the Loeb edition of the biography of Maximinus Thrax in the Historia Augusta, and you find that the emp

By Paul Elliot Fonthill Media Limited, 2014 ISBN: 978-1781553343 Elliot explores the changes which occurred in the legions during the third century AD and the challenges they faced in terms of funding, training and the lack of a secure centralized em

We find references to camel cavalry in various sources. They also were useful as baggage animals, especially in areas unsuited to horses or where horses were scarce. Horses required training to abide the presence of camels so they offered other advan