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  • Medieval Warfare: The Art of War in the Middle Ages

    by C.W.C. Oman ...
    This quick read is a fascinating look at the evolution of military from after the fall of the Roman Empire to the introduction of gunpowder in Europe. A number of civilizations such as the Byzantines, English, and Swiss are discussed along with their military innovations. This edition is hand formatted, and not OCRd. A table of contents is included for easier navigation. ... Read more

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  • The Art of War in the Middle Ages A.D. 378-1515

    by C. W. C. Oman ...
    Series series The World At War
    This history of medieval warfare, originally written in 1885 when its author later one of the great medievalists was still an undergraduate at Oxford, remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages between Adrianople in 378 A.D. (the most fearful defeat suffered by a Roman army since Cannae in 216 B.C.) and Marignano (1515 A.D.), the last of ... Read more

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  • The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo

    by Edward Creasy ...
    Series series The World At War
    This book tells us the story of the fifteen military engagements (from Marathon to Waterloo) which, had a significant impact on world history. The selection reflects the worldview of a 19th-century European with a classical education: fourteen of the battles took place in the arc of historically interconnected military theatres which stretched from Persia through the Mediterranean Basin to Europe, ... Read more

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  • The History of Rome: Mommsen's Rome, volumes 1 to 5 in a single file, in English translation

    by Theodor Mommsen ...
    Mommsen's history of the Roman Republic in five volumes. These volumes cover from the founding of Rome up to the disintegration of the First Triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus). The author cites dates in the Roman style, AUC, from the founding of the city in 753 BC. A table at the end shows modern-day equivalents. According to Wikipedia, Mommsen is "generally regarded as the greatest classicist ... Read more

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  • De re militari (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. The Art of War in Ancient Rome

    by Vegetius, Ada Ravelby ...
    Translated by John Clarke ...
    Vegetius's De re militari is the most influential military treatise to survive from late antiquity, a disciplined compendium of Roman martial practice, recruitment, training, camp construction, tactics, siegecraft, and naval warfare. Written in a terse, admonitory Latin prose, it looks backward to the perceived rigor of the republican and early imperial legions while addressing the military ... Read more

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  • The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial Army

    by G. L. Cheesman ...
    A clazzic work of military history, this was the first systematic study of the auxiliary soldiers who fought alongside the Roman legions. Using evidence ranging from their gravestones to the discharge papers that eventually granted them citizenship, Cheesman traces the evolution of the “barbarian” auxiliaries, from ad-hoc local levies to highly specialized units that became a vital component of ... Read more

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  • Cambridge Medieval History: The Eastern Roman Empire

    by J.B. Bury ...
    The Cambridge Medieval History collection on the Eastern Roman Empire is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of the Eastern Empire, from the Balkans to Armenia. The collection is an exhaustive resource, discussing the empire from 500 1500 A.D. Topics such as the history of the Bulgarian kingdom, Armenia, the Venetian occupation of Greece , the Golden Horde, the Seljuqs, and the ... Read more

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  • 1914: History in an Hour

    by Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In 1914 the world changed. Europe’s great powers were dragged, one by one, into a war by Serbian conflict which affected very few of them directly. At least it would resemble the short sharp battles of the previous century, many thought – fought with military bands, horsemen, and swift victories. But 1914 proved to be different, a watershed, as ... Read more

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  • Cambridge Medieval History: Germany and the Western Empire

    by J.B. Bury ...
    Cambridge Medieval History: Germany and the Western Empire is an expansive treatise on Western civilization after the fall of Rome. From 800 to 1000 A.D. ,the rise of the Franks, Germanic tribes, and the Viking invasions of Europe are all covered in great detail. A table of contents is included for easier navigation. ... Read more

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  • A History of the Franks

    by Gregory of Tours ...
    Saint Gregory of Tours (November 30, c. 538 November 17, 594) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather.He wrote in form of late Vulgar Latin; however, it has been argued that this was a deliberate ploy to ensure his works would reach a wide ... Read more

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  • The Life of Charlemagne

    by Einhard, Wyatt North ...
    The Life of Charlemagne comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents. Einhard was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni, "one of the most precious literary bequests of the early Middle Ages." Einhard was from the eastern German-speaking part of the ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Midway (True Combat)

    by Al Cimino ...
    One bomb hit the Japanese carrier Akagi amidships, ripping through the hangar deck and exploding amidst the stored torpedoes, carelessly stowed bombs and refuelling tanks, setting off secondary explosions. A second set the planes on the flight deck ablaze. The stern was shattered, the rudder useless and, as the huge ship lurched drunkenly around, Japanese officers begged the stunned admiral to ... Read more

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