Issue II.2 (Apr/May 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