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Below is a summary of published issues of Ancient Warfare.

Ancient Warfare I.0 (brochure).Release: March 31st.

  • About Ancient Warfare.
  • Special: Ross Cowan, 'Scars, spoils and splendour.' Illustrated by Graham Sumner

 

Ancient Warfare I.1. Deadline: April 30th, release June 18th.
Theme: the campaigns of Gnaeus Julius Agricola

  • Introduction: Jasper Oorthuys, 'Agricola's campaigns: historical setting'
  • the Source: Jona Lendering, 'Tacitus and the Agricola'
  • the Warrior: Adrian Wink, 'Agricola's Batavian Auxiliaries'. Illustrated by Johnny Shumate.
  • the Battle: Kate Gilliver, 'The battle of Mons Graupius'
  • the Campaign: Jasper Oorthuys, 'Combined arms: Agricola's naval and land campaign'

Features

Be a general: Murray Dahm, 'The next Alexander the Great?'

  • Special: Graham Sumner, 'Pontius Pilate's bodyguard'

  • the Find: Ruben Post, 'Alexandrian Stelae and the Ptolemaic army of the 3rd C BC'

Ancient Warfare I.2. Deadline June 25th, release August 15th
Theme: Daily life in camp and on campaign

  • Introduction: Jasper Oorthuys, 'Boredom, paperwork and training'
  • The Source: Jona Lendering, 'The Bu Njem ostraca'
  • Special: Jim Webster, 'Daily life in the armies of the Greek city states'
  • Campaign: John Walsh, 'The Nomad War camp'
  • Special: Ross Cowan, 'Daily life of a Praetorian guardsman'

Features

  • The Battle: Iñaki Arrizabalaga, 'The battle of Magnesia reconstructed'
  • The Warrior: Ross Cowan and Graham Sumner, 'The real Pullo and Vorenus'
  • Be a general: Murray Dahm, 'Positioning your camp'

Ancient Warfare I.3. Deadline August 3rd 2007, release  October 8th.
Theme: Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor.

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • Michael Charles, 'Vegetius and Late Roman infantry armor'
  • Ross Cowan, 'Five helmets in Glasgow museums'
  • Christian Koepfer, 'A history of European shields', part 1
  • Paul Bardunias, 'The Aspis. Surviving Hoplite Battle aspis'
  • Michael Park, The Silver Shields - Philip's and Alexander's Hypaspists

Features

  • The Battle: Jens Wucherpfennig, 'The battle of Strasbourg (357 AD)'
  • The Campaign: David Hall, 'Boudica's Bloody Revolt'
  • Be a general: Murray Dahm, 'How to survive a siege'

 

Ancient Warfare I.4. Deadline September 28th 2007, release December 7th.
Theme: The Roman conquest of Spain 218 BC - 24 BC.

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • Jona Lendering, 'A view from the periphery. Appian of Alexandria'
  • Ed Healy, 'The General: Viriathus'
  • Duncan B. Campbell, 'The siege of Numantia. How Scipio Aemilianus conquered the bravest of all cities'
  • Xavi Rubio, 'The battle of Emporion: Cato's Triumph'
  • Kim Stubbs, 'The battle of Ilipa. Scipio's rise begins'

Features

  • Patryk Skupniewicz, 'The Warrior: Sasanian heavy cavalry'
  • Be a General, 'Xenophon's Cavalry Commander'

     

Ancient Warfare II.1. Deadline December 7th 2007, release February 10th 2008.
Theme: Light infantry and auxiliaries.

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • Nick Barley, Thucydides on light infantry
  • Sidney Dean, Warrior portrait: Peltasts
  • Ross Cowan, Lanciarii of the Roman army
  • Stephen English, Macedonian 'heavy' infantry
  • Paul Elliott, The Power of the sling
Features
  • Chris Martin, Belisarius' best battle
  • Christian Koepfer, A history of European shields, part 2
  • Murray Dahm, Read your Homer

 

Ancient Warfare II.2. Release April 15th 2008.
Theme: Victory and defeat.

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • John Walsh, Roman victories and coinage
  • Ross Cowan, Grinding Pyrrhus down. How Romans recovered from defeat 
  • Joseph Pietrykowski, To the last man. Failure, sacrifice and the triumph of defeat
  • Paul McDonnell-Staff, The consequences of defeat. Sparta and the battle of Sellasia.
  • Stafanos Skarmintzos, Phalanx versus Legion. Why Rome won...

Features

  • Duncan Campbell, Catapults in the Cohorts. Did Rome's auxiliaries have artillery?
  • Murray Dahm, Onasander's General

 

Ancient Warfare II.3. Release June 15th 2008.
Theme: the Age of the Trireme.

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • Michael B.Charles, A picture speaks...
  • Paul McDonnell-Staff, With Ships for Spears. Tactical uses of the trieres
  • Stefanos Skarmintzos, Hoplite Marines
  • Christa Steinby, Rome's First Fleets. Introducing the trireme
  • Jona Lendering, Stumbling to Disaster. The battle of Sybota.
Features

  • Christian Koepfer, A Culture Rising. Hallstatt Noblemen
  • Ross Cowan, Longest Lived. Legio Quinta Macedonica Antiqua
  • Murray Dahm, Command by Example. Frontinus' Stratagemata

 

Ancient Warfare II-4. Deadline June 13th 2008, release August 15th 2008.
Theme: The campaigns of Julius Caesar

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • Jona Lendering, The De Bello Gallico
  • Douglas Sterling, Caesar's Military Intelligence
  • Vickey Kalambakal, The Bravest of the Gauls
  • François Gilbert, Caesarian Legionaries.
  • Ross Cowan, The Battle of Ruspina.
  • Duncan Campbell, The Triumph of Roman Siegecraft

 

Features

  • Francisco Tudela, Cavalry: The Hoplite's Second Shield
  • Murray Dahm, Command by Example II. Polyaenus

 

Ancient Warfare II-5. Release October 20th 2008.
Theme: Warfare in the Ancient Near East

  • Jasper Oorthuys, Introduction to the theme
  • Jona Lendering, 'Recording the Ages.'
  • Mark Schwartz, 'Warriors at the dawn of time'
  • Konstantin Nossov, 'Besieging in relief'
  • Sidney Dean, 'Clash of chariots'

 

Features

  • Blanka Misic, 'Roman intelligence gathering in the East'
  • Pawel Grysztar, 'Life on retirement'
  • Duncan Campbell, 'Between Rome and Parthia'
  • Murray Dahm, 'Oral traditions of teaching warfare'

 

 
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