Greece and Rome at War - Connolly, Peter (Frontline Books, 2012)
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; GREECE AND MACEDONIA; The City States 800 -- 360 BC; The States at War; The Phalanx; The Phalanx in the Field; Armour and Weapons; Macedon 360 -- 140 BC; The Macedonian Wars; THE NEW MACEDONIAN ARMY; The Later Macedonian Army; ITALY AND THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; The Rise of Rome 800 -- 275 BC; The Struggle for Italy; The Italian Military Systems; Rome 275-140 BC; The Roman Army 160 BC; THE GREAT WARS; THE ROMAN EMPIRE; The Empire 140 BC -- AD 200; Conquest of the World; Army Organisation; Equipment; The Army in the Field
The Later Empire AD 200 -- 450The Mobile Army; Equipement; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX 2; APPENDIX 3; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index
In this sumptuous guide to twelve centuries of military development, Peter Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome with his superb full-color artwork. Making use of fresh archeological evidence and new material on the manufacture and use of the weapons of the period, the author presents an attractive and impressive volume that is both scholarly and beautifully presented with illustrations that are, quite rightly, recognized as being the best and most accurate representation of how the soldiers from these formidable military empires appeared. Greece and Rom