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By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781472833488
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Fully illustrated story of the army of the Greek king who fought both Rome and Carthage in the 280s--270s BC, and gave the world the phrase a Pyrrhic victory for a success so costly that it counts as a defeat.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781472862808
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th January 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This fully illustrated study explores the formidable Athenian army, rivalled only by the Spartan army in terms of battlefield prowess and influence.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781855325135
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Illustrated by Simon Northwood, a title from the MEN-AT-ARMS series, which details the development of Rome's armies between 600-300 BC.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781855328679
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book covers the Greek Hoplite in the 'Golden Age' of Ancient Greek civilisation, from the victory at Marathon over Oarius of Persia, through bitter inter-state warfare, to the rise of Philip of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781849087148
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781841760001
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title follows the campaigns of Marathon. When the Ionian Revolt broke out in 499 BC, Athens angered the Persians by sending assistance to the Greeks of Asia. Having crushed the revolt, the Persian king, Darius, decided to punish Athens and landed his forces at Marathon 26 miles from the city.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781855325982
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9780850456868
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9780850455397
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1984
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Part of the "Men-At-Arms" series, this book looks at the army of Alexander the Great, illustrating the weapons, equipment and uniforms of the Macedonian military forces.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781855322509
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1992
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The antagonism between the Persian and the Greek colonies on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor began with Cyrus I and continued for some 200 years until the Empire was destroyed by Alexander's Macedonians. This book looks at the arms, equipment and organization of these forces.


(Paperback)

By: Nicholas Sekunda

ISBN: 9781855326590
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Nick Sekunda examines this unique military machine in this book describing the organisational systems of the Spartan army through the Hellenistic period, how they were trained, the battles they fought and the society that produced them.