Weapons & Warfare
Photos taken from the British Museum...
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Photos taken from the British Museum...
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The Light Pilum (plural pila) was a light javelin. around 5-6 feet in length, commonly used by the Roman Republican army around 300 - 100 BC. During this time period, each leginoary carried two pila into battle - the light pila, and the heavy pila which was some 7 feet in length....
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Greek Warfare
Greek Military History
Roman Warfare
Roman Military History
Late Roman Army bibliography (short)
Units of the Roman Army
Roman Fortifications
Byzantine Warfare
Byzantine Military History
Byzantine Fortifications
General and Comparative Material [Weapons and Warfare]...
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Until this section is finished being indexed into the main database you can click here to see a list of links including the Bible History Online general resources on this subject, although many of these links are outdated. [Weapons and Warfare]...
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This page is a collection of resources relevant to the subject of Warfare in the Roman World. It covers material from the Republic and Empire, as late as the Arab Invasions of the seventh century...
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"Until about 800 B.C. a variety of ships were used in the Aegean sea. However, they had not yet developed the basic forms of the classical age. Most ships were more or less symmetrical in design (similar to Viking ships, though much more primitive and less seaworthy), and the standard fighting technique was to board the enemy vessel. Then, around 8...
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Mesopotamia and Egypt
Preliminary skirmishes
Foot soldiers
Fortification and siege
A pharaoh on the warpath
From chariot to cavalry
The Assyrian war machine
Medes and Persians
Greece and Rome
Byzantium and Islam
Middle Ages
The footsoldier
Gunfire
Science of the battlefield
Warfare in the Ancient World...
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The First Punic War, which took place from 264 BC to 241 BC, was a pivotal conflict between the two powerful Mediterranean city-states of Rome and Carthage. This war marked the beginning of a series of conflicts known as the Punic Wars, which would ultimately shape the course of Western history.
Here is a chronology of the key events during the Fir...
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