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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Drum East Africa - June 2016

Drum East Africa – June 2016
English | 68 pages | True PDF | 11,1 MB

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Men"s Health Middle East - June 2016

Men’s Health Middle East – June 2016
English | 116 pages | True PDF | 26,5 MB

Monday, May 30, 2016

The Nisibis War 337 - 363: The Defence of the Roman East AD 337-363

The Nisibis War 337 – 363: The Defence of the Roman East AD 337-363 By John S. Harrel
2016 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 147384830X | PDF | 14 MB

The war of 337-363 (which the author dubs the ‘Nisibis War’), was an exception to the traditional Roman reliance on a strategic offensive to bring about a decisive battle. Instead, the Emperor Constantius II adopted a defensive strategy and conducted a mobile defence based upon small frontier (limitanei) forces defending fortified cities, supported by limited counteroffensives by the Field Army of the East. These methods successfully checked Persian assaults for 24 years. However, when Julian became emperor his access to greater resources tempted him to abandon mobile defence in favour of a major invasion aimed at regime change in Persia. Although he reached the Persian capital, Ctesiphon, he failed to take it, was decisively defeated in battle and killed. The Romans subsequently resumed and refined the mobile defence, allowing the Eastern provinces to survive the fall of the Western Empire. John Harrel applies his personal experience of military command to a strategic, operational, tactical and logistical analysis of these campaigns and battles, highlighting their long-term significance.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Benjamin Isaac - The Limits of Empire: The Roman Army in the East

For more than seven centuries most of the Near East was part of the Roman empire. Yet no work exists which explores the means by which an ancient power originating in the western Mediterranean could control such a vast and distant region. What was the impact of the army presence on the population of the provinces? How did Rome respond to the challenge posed by the desert and its nomadic population? Isaac here offers answers to these questions in the first comprehensive treatment of the Roman military presence in the Near East. Using both well-known and neglected sources, he reassesses the means by which Rome achieved and maintained its control over the region. His study, now revised and updated to reflect recent research findings, casts new light on an important issue which has far-reaching implications for the understanding of ancient and modern imperialism.