The battles and campaigns included are : Allia River, Caudine Forks, Heraclea/Asculum, Trasimene, Arausio, Carrhae, Teutoburger Wald, Abritus, Edessa, Siege of Amida, Julian's Campaign Eastern Campaign, Frigidus River, Cap Bon. Thoroughly researched from the primary sources and latest scholarship.
Contains biographies of the men who ruled the Western Roman Empire in its final decades.
Original dual biography of the brothers Valentinian and Valens allows comparison of their achievements and contrasting reputations.
This is the only full biography of Constantius III in English. Concludes Ian Hughes' coverage of 5th century Roman Empire. Constantius' life and brief-but- significant stint as Emperor put in full context. Thoroughly researched and well illustrated.
First full-length biography of the man who stopped Attila. Narrates dramatic events in the crumbling Roman Empire leading up to the climactic Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
Constantine the Great is one of the best known Roman Emperors. Ian Hughes assesses whether his record as a military leader justifies the epithet 'the Great', or whether this rests on his religious policies.
First modern biography of this pivotal figure.