The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles

Part I General Topics 1. Ancient Naval Warfare, 700 BC-AD 600 Boris Rankov 2. Ancient Siege Warfare, 700 BC-AD 645 Harry Sidebottom 3. War and Battle in the Greek World, 800-168 BC Barry Strauss 4. War and Battle in the Roman World, 700 BC-AD 235 Paul Erdkamp Part II Archaic Greece and the Near East 5. The Lelantine War, c.700 or c.540 BC Hans van Wees 6. The Rise of Achaemenid Persia, 550-525 BC Maria Brosius 7. Early Greek Wars, 750-450 BC Hans van Wees 8. The Ionian Revolt, 498-494 BC Maria Brosius 9. The Persian Wars, 492-450 BC Christopher Hassan and Maria Brosius Part III The Classical Greek World 10. The First Peloponnesian War, 460-446 BC Fernando Echeverría 11. Latin, Etruscan, Aequian, Volsci, and Gallic Wars, 499-340 BC Tim Cornell 12. The Second Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC Fernando Echeverría 13. The Anabasis and the Ten Thousand, 401-399 BC Matthew Trundle 14. The Corinthian War, 395-387 BC Matthew Trundle 15. Fourth-Century BC Greek Wars Matthew Trundle 16. Carthaginian Offensives in Sicily, 409-307 BC Matthew Trundle 17. Campaigns of Thebes, 379-362 BC S³awomir Sprawski Part IV The Macedonian Age and the Rise of Rome 18. The "Samnite Wars," 343-290 BC Tim Cornell 19. The Rise of Macedon, 359-336 BC Edward Anson 20. Greeks in Italy, 342-303 BC Michael Whitby 21. The Revolt of Agis, 333-331 BC Michael Whitby 22. Campaigns of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC 23. The Lamian War, 323-322 BC S³awomir Sprawski 24. The Wars of the Successors, 323-281 BC Edward Anson 25. The Campaigns of Pyrrhus, 282-272 BC Jeremy Armstrong 26. The First Punic War and After, 264-237 BC Arthur Eckstein 27. Dynastic Wars, 260-145 BC Paul McKechnie 28. Inter-Greek Wars of the Third Century BC Paul McKechnie 29. The Illyrian Wars, 229-219 BC Paul Erdkamp 30. The Gallic Wars, Northern Italy, 225-222 BC Louis Rawlings 31. The Second Punic War, 220-202 BC Eddie Owens 32. The Roman Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul, 201-191 BC Louis Rawlings 33. The First Macedonian War, 215-205 BC Paul Erdkamp 34. Philopoemen in the Peloponnese, 221-192 BC Paul McKechnie 35. The Second Macedonian War, 200-197 BC Paul Erdkamp 36. The War against Antiochus III, 191-188 BC Paul Erdkamp 37. The Third Macedonian War, 171-168 BC Paul Erdkamp 38. The Maccabean War, 167-161 BC Michael Whitby 39. The Third Punic War, 149-146 BC Dexter Hoyos 40. The Andriscus Uprising and the Achaean War, 149-146 BC Paul Erdkamp Part V The Imperial Roman Republic 845 41. The Rise of Parthia, C. 250-C. 92 BC Harry Sidebottom 42. The Numantine War, 154-133 BC Dexter Hoyos 43. The Jugurthine War, 112-105 BC Dexter Hoyos 44. The Roman Conquest of Southern Gaul, 125-121 BC Louis Rawlings 45. Campaigns against Pirates, 103-67 BC Philip Matyszak 46. The Social War, 91-87 BC Philip Matyszak 47. The Mithridatic Wars, 89-66 BC Philip Matyszak 48. Marius versus Sulla, 83-82 BC Philip Matyszak 49. Campaigns against Sertorius, 81-72 BC Philip Matyszak 50. Spartacus and the Slave Revolts, 133-71 BC Philip Matyszak 51. The Battle of Pistoia, 62 BC Richard Marshall 52. The Gallic Wars, 61-51 BC Louis Rawlings 53. Invasions of Britain, 55 and 54 BC Louis Rawlings 54. The Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC Michael Whitby 55. Pompey versus Caesar, 49-45 BC Stephen Matthews Part VI Early Imperial Rome 56. The Second Triumvirate, 43-31 BC Stephen Matthews 57. Campaigns in Pannonia, 35 BC-AD 9 Brian Campbell 58. German Campaigns, 55 BC-AD 16 Brian Campbell 59. The Conquest of Britain, 43-87 Brian Campbell 60. Campaigns in Armenia, 58-66 Brian Campbell 61. The Jewish Revolt, 66 Brian Campbell 62. The Year of the Four Emperors, 69 Brian Campbell 63. The Dacian Wars, 84-106 Harry Sidebottom Part VII Roman Imperial Triumph and Challenges 64. Trajan's Parthian War, 113-117 Jonathan P. Roth 65. The Battle of Aelia, 133-135 Jonathan P. Roth 66. Lucius Verus and the East, 161-165 Jonathan P. Roth 67. Marcus Aurelius and Europe, c. 165-180 Jonathan P. Roth 68. The Civil Wars of 193-195 Jonathan P. Roth 69. The Severan Campaigns, 194-235 Jonathan P. Roth 70. The Rise of the Sasanids and the Battle of Hormizdagan, 224 Udo Hartmann 71. The Third-Century "Crisis" Udo Hartmann Part VIII The Late Roman Empire 72. The Tetrarchy, 284-305 Udo Hartmann 73. The Rise of Constantine, 306-324 Mark Humphries 74. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: Internal Mark Humphries 75. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: West Mark Humphries 76. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: Persia Doug Lee 77. The Goths and the Romans, 376-378 Doug Lee Part IX Challenges to Empire 1135 78. Alaric and Italy, 401-410 Mark Humphries 79. Italy in the Fifth Century Mark Humphries 80. Gaul and Spain in the Fifth Century Mark Humphries 81. The Vandals in Spain and Africa, 422-468 Mark Humphries 82. Attila and the Huns, 442-455 Michael Whitby 83. Theoderic and the Goths, 476-492 Michael Whitby Part X The Eastern Roman Empire 84. The Eastern Roman Empire: Internal, 450-610 Doug Lee 85. Anastasius and Persia, 502-506 Michael Whitby 86. Justinian and Persia, 527-562 Michael Whitby 87. Justinian and Africa, 533-548 Alexander Sarantis 88. Justinian and Italy, 535-554 Michael Whitby 89. The Early Sixth-Century Balkan Wars Alexander Sarantis 90. The Persian Wars, 572-591 Michael Whitby Part XI From the Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire 91. The Lombard Conquest of Italy, 569-572 Alexander Sarantis 92. The Avars and the Slavs, 570-626 Michael Whitby 93. The Persian Wars, 602-628 James D. Howard-Johnston 94. Islamic Conquests, 622-645 James D. Howard-Johnston