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Tabletop recreation of the Battle of Zama where Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal and secured Rome's future.

The War Rome Had to Win: How Hannibal's Defeat ...

In 216 BC, on the plains of Cannae in southern Italy, the Roman Republic suffered the worst military defeat in its history. Hannibal Barca had brought a Carthaginian army over...

The War Rome Had to Win: How Hannibal's Defeat ...

In 216 BC, on the plains of Cannae in southern Italy, the Roman Republic suffered the worst military defeat in its history. Hannibal Barca had brought a Carthaginian army over...

Historical tabletop wargame showing a decisive flank envelopment from Cannae to the Peninsular War

The Flank Never Lies How Envelopment Has Decide...

August 216 BC. A Roman army of 86,000 men - the largest the Republic had ever put into the field - marches onto the plain of Cannae, confident in its...

The Flank Never Lies How Envelopment Has Decide...

August 216 BC. A Roman army of 86,000 men - the largest the Republic had ever put into the field - marches onto the plain of Cannae, confident in its...

Civil war formations showing the breakdown of traditional rules of warfare

Armies Without Enemies - How Civil Wars Destroy...

There is a standard theory of how wars are supposed to work. Two nations, two armies, two sets of interests. One side trains a certain way, deploys a certain kind...

Armies Without Enemies - How Civil Wars Destroy...

There is a standard theory of how wars are supposed to work. Two nations, two armies, two sets of interests. One side trains a certain way, deploys a certain kind...

American Revolutionary War generals commanding soldiers on the battlefield

The Generals' War Command and Decision-Making i...

January 3, 1777. The Battle of Princeton. The Continental Army is breaking. Two brigades of British regulars have caught Washington's rearguard in an open field, and the Americans are beginning...

The Generals' War Command and Decision-Making i...

January 3, 1777. The Battle of Princeton. The Continental Army is breaking. Two brigades of British regulars have caught Washington's rearguard in an open field, and the Americans are beginning...

Pontic, Parthian and Hellenistic successor armies clashing in a large ancient battlefield scene with WoFun 10mm miniatures

Where Three Worlds Collided Warfare in the Hell...

The year is 87 BC. Sulla's legions have crossed from Greece into Asia Minor, expecting to face another eastern king with a long spear and a short strategy. What they...

Where Three Worlds Collided Warfare in the Hell...

The year is 87 BC. Sulla's legions have crossed from Greece into Asia Minor, expecting to face another eastern king with a long spear and a short strategy. What they...

Napoleonic miniatures showing the final clash between the French Imperial Guard and Allied infantry at the Battle of Waterloo

The Last Battle of the Old World How Waterloo C...

There is a date that every student of military history carries somewhere at the back of the mind. June 18, 1815. A ridge in Belgium, a summer storm the night...

The Last Battle of the Old World How Waterloo C...

There is a date that every student of military history carries somewhere at the back of the mind. June 18, 1815. A ridge in Belgium, a summer storm the night...