The triarii were the veteran heavy infantry of Rome’s manipular legion. Positioned behind the hastati and principes,...
In the summer of 1939, as Europe prepared for war, an archaeological excavation in a Suffolk field...
William Armstrong of Kinmont, better known as Kinmont Willie, was one of the most notorious Border reivers...
On a spring day in 1351, two groups of selected warriors met on a patch of heathland...
The Fishfeed was the bloodiest land battle of the Dance of the Dragons, a savage confrontation that...
Naval combat is the feature that turned Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag from a good open-world adventure...
Napoleonic rocket troops occupied a place between artillerymen, cavalrymen and experimental technicians. Their Congreve rockets could cross...
The kris, more properly called the keris in Indonesia, is one of the most recognisable edged weapons...
Buying an antique sword without first buying a few good books is an impressively expensive way to...
Tacitus understood that Rome’s most dangerous battles were not always fought with swords. They were fought in...