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The latest of Ian Hughes’ Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364, when the Empire …

While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other ‘barbarian’ leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destr …

While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other ‘barbarian’ leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destr …

A biography of the notorious tribal leader whose empire challenged the Romans.   Most know the name Attila the Hun—but few are familiar with the full history behind this historical figure. …

A biography of the notorious tribal leader whose empire challenged the Romans. Most know the name Attila the Hunbut few are familiar with the full history behind this historical figure. Rising to the …

A military history of the campaigns of Stilicho, the army general who became one of the most powerful men in the Western Roman Empire. Flavius Stilicho lived in one of the most turbulent periods in E …

A military history of the campaigns of Flavius Belisarius, the greatest general of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Justinian. Back in the 6th century, Belisarius twice defeated the Persians and …

A military history of the campaigns of Stilicho, the army general who became one of the most powerful men in the Western Roman Empire. Flavius Stilicho lived in one of the most turbulent periods in E …

A new analysis of the strengths, organization, weapons, and tactics of the Roman army Constantine inherited and his military reforms.Much of Constantine I’s claim to lasting fame rests upon his spons …

A new analysis of the strengths, organization, weapons, and tactics of the Roman army Constantine inherited and his military reforms.Much of Constantine I’s claim to lasting fame rests upon his spons …

The acclaimed historian “rescues from an undeserved obscurity one of Rome’s emperors . . . A simply fascinating and extraordinary historical study” (Midwest Book Revi …

Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young Emperor of the Western …

Floral designer Louesa Roebuck shows you how to make transcendent eco-luxe compositions with seasonal flora foraged from the West Coast "The way of the flowers" has been studied for centuri …

There is no doubt that Rome developed one of the most efficient and successful military systems of the ancient world. The famous legions conquered from the Atlantic to the Euphrates, from the Scottis …

There is no doubt that Rome developed one of the most efficient and successful military systems of the ancient world. The famous legions conquered from the Atlantic to the Euphrates, from the Scottis …