Monthly Archives: August 2017

DIADOCHI – MACEDONIAN GAME OF THRONES (PART 4): REVOLT IN BACTRIA AND THE LAMIAN WAR

Posted on August 24, 2017 by barrycjacobsen

Long before George R.R. Martin penned his tale of war, intrigue and treachery the ancient world was scene to its own version of The Game of Thrones. (This is the fourth in a series concerning the Wars of the Diadochi. Part 1 … Continue reading →

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RICHARD III’S SHORT REIGN COMES TO A BLOODY END ON BOSWORTH FIELD!

Posted on August 18, 2017 by barrycjacobsen

On 22 August 1485 the War of the Roses reached a bloody climax at Bosworth Field. Here, Richard III, England’s most controversial king, defended his crown against the Lancastrian champion Henry Tudor. The thirty-year long Wars of the Roses was … Continue reading →

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ADRIANOPLE: TWILIGHT OF THE LEGIONS

Posted on August 8, 2017 by barrycjacobsen

On a hot and dusty plain eight miles from the Roman city of Adrianople, on August 9, 378 A.D., the elite field army of the Eastern Roman Empire and a tribal army of refugee Visigoths fought one of the most … Continue reading →

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THE AGE OF ARTHUR, PART FOUR: THE ARMIES OF VORTIGERN AND THE SAXON INVADERS

Posted on August 4, 2017 by barrycjacobsen

Unique among the territories of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, Britain succeeded in holding back and even reversing the tide of Germanic conquest for nearly two centuries. This was an age of heroes… It was the Age … Continue reading →

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BLOOD IN THE DUST: CANNAE, HANNIBAL’S MASTERPIECE

Posted on August 2, 2017 by barrycjacobsen

  On the morning of August 2, 216 B.C.,  the largest Roman army ever assembled during the Second Punic War prepared for a decisive battle on the dusty plain of Cannae in southeastern Italy. The battle that followed would rock … Continue reading →

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