Archive of previous issues
Below is a summary of published issues of Ancient Warfare.
- About Ancient Warfare.
- Special: Ross Cowan, 'Scars, spoils and splendour.' Illustrated by Graham Sumner
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?'
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'
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'
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'
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
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
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
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
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'
Theme: Rome in Crisis: the 3rd century AD - Lukas de Blois, Introduction to the theme
- Duncan Campbell, 'Coinage and Cavalry.'
- Christian Koepfer, 'Guarding the gates to Italy'
- Ross Cowan, 'Forgotten Heroes'
- Glenn Barnett, 'Father and Son invade Iraq'
- David Michaels, 'Unsung savior of Rome'
- Joshua Gilbert, 'Restitutor Orbis'
Features - Will Stroock, 'The second invasion of Britain'
- Murray Dahm, 'Paddlewheels and scythed chariots'
Theme: War as a livelihood: Mercenaries in the Ancient World.
- Michael Taylor, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Duncan Campbell, 'Theatre of War'
- Bridget McDermott, 'Soldiers of Ta-Sety '
- Joseph Pietrykowski, 'Generals for hire'
- Ruben Post, 'Mercenaries from Crete'
- Paul Bardunias, 'The battle of the Bagradas'
- Alberto Pérez, 'Galatian Mercenaries'
- Ross Cowan, 'Mercenaries in Imperial Rome'
Features - Murray Dahm, 'Learning from Vegetius'
Theme: Alexander's funeral games: The Wars of the Successors.
- Bob Bennett and Mike Roberts, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Konstantin Nossov, 'Philon of Byzantium'
- Joseph Pietrykowski, 'Armies and tactics of the Successors'
- Duncan Campbell, 'Demetrius Poliorcetes'
- Michael Park, 'The battle of Gabiene'
Features
- Raffaele D'Amato, 'A soldier from Herculaneum'
- Svenja Grosser, 'Gladiators in army camps'
- Murray Dahm, 'Vegetius' Lessons'
Theme: The Varian disaster. - Jona Lendering, 'The sources'
- Jasper Oorthuys & Tony Clunn, 'The search for the battlefield'
- Lindsay Powell, 'Augustus' campaigns in Germania'
- Sidney Dean, 'Varus and Arminius'
- Adrian Murdoch, 'The campaign of 9 AD'
- 'Rome's response'
- Duncan Campbell, 'Roman fortifications of the Augustan era'
- Ross Cowan and Christian Koepfer, 'Augustan legionaries'
- Michael Taylor and Christian Koepfer, 'The Germanic warriors'
- Jasper Oorthuys, 'Tips for visitors'
Theme: Classical heroes: the warrior in history and legend - Rolof van Hövell, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Josho Brouwers, 'Homer'
- Michael Taylor, 'Heroic combat'
- Arnold Blumberg, 'Philip, Alexander and the Homeric Ethos'
- Sidney Dean, 'Divine battle frenzy'
- Raffale d'Amato and Andrea Salimbeti, 'Seven against Thebes'
- Christian Koepfer, 'The Shield of Achilles'
- Ross Cowan, 'Heroes of the Roman army'
Features - Duncan B. Campbell, 'A camp in search of a campaign'
- Murray Dahm, 'Machines of War'
Theme: Implacable enemies: the Barcid family at War. - Yozan D. Mosig, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Jona Lendering, 'The Rise of a Hyperpower. Polybius, Rome, Carthage, and capricious Fortune'
- Alberto Pérez and Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'The armies of the Barcids'
- Duncan B.Campbell, 'Hannibal at the gates: Carthaginian siegecraft in perspective'
- Raffaele D'Amato, 'Hannibal's masterpiece: the battle of Cannae'
- Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'The other Barcid over the Alps: Hasdrubal's campaign into Italy'
Features - Bridget McDermott, 'Bowmen in the Delta: archery in Ancient Egypt'
- Philip Matyszak, 'Forging the Roman sword'
- Murray Dahm, 'Maurice's Strategikon'
Theme: Imperial Nemesis: Rome vs. Parthia.
- Pawel Gryzstar, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Joaquin Montero, 'Sources for Trajan's campaign'
- Arnold Blumberg, 'Caesar's plans for Parthia'
- Glenn Barnett, 'Adapting to the enemy: changing battle tactics'
- Duncan B. Campbell, 'Armed Diplomacy: Rome and Parthia in the 1st C AD'
- Ross Cowan, 'The battle of Nisibis'
- Raffaele D'Amato, 'Roman soldiers in the Parthian Wars'
Features
- Fred Ray, 'Myronides and the Athenian land empire'
- Murray Dahm, 'Festus' Breviarium'
Theme: Carnyx, cornu and signa: battlefield communications. - Adam Anders, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Christian Koepfer, 'Imagery as sources for standards'
- Alberto Pérez, 'Standards and music in Pre-Roman Europe'
- Sean Manning, 'Persian standards of the 5th and 4th century BC'
- Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'Musical instruments of war'
- Duncan Campbell, 'The Roman Cult of the standards'
- Raffaele D'Amato, 'Late Roman standards'
Features - Sheda Vasseghi, 'The battle of Cunaxa'
- Ross Cowan, 'Late Roman tactics'
- Murray Dahm, 'Solving the secrets of ancient military signalling'
Theme: A multitude of peoples: Before Rome ruled Italy - Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'Introduction to the theme.'
- Michael J. Taylor, 'The Lapis Satricanus'
- Corrado Re, 'Hero to Hoplite. Villanovan and Etruscan warriors.'
- Christian Koepfer, 'Samnite warriors. Southern Italian warriors 500-300BC'
- Fred Ray, 'Sparta's Italiote descendants. Barbarian wars of the Tarentines'
- Ross Cowan, 'Victory by divine intervention. The battle of Bovianum'
- Alberto Perez, 'Agile status symbols. Chariots in Italy'
Features - Stephan Berry, 'Evidence of trauma. Bioarchaeolgy and the ancient battlefield'
- Duncan Campbell, 'The debate: Did Rome have a Grand Strategy.'
Theme: Blockade and assault: Ancient siege warfare
- Ross Cowan, 'Introduction to the theme'
- Sean Hussmann, 'Siege warfare in Thucydides'
- Konstantine Nossov, 'Punic fortifications'
- Richard Evers, 'Spartan siege warfare'
- Duncan B. Campbell, 'The Siege of Masada'
- Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'Logistics and siege warfare'
Features - Stephan Berry, 'Bioarchaeology and the ancient battlefield part 2'
- Murray Dahm, 'The debate: Clash of the phalanx'
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