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Andrew Lawler |
Raising Alexandria More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded the city, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains, from the likely site of Cleopatra's palace to pieces of an astonishing lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. |
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Michael E. Haskew |
Haughty Host Humbled The mere mention of the Persian Empire's might was enough to make all Greece tremble...or was it? |
Military History Quarterly
Barry Strauss |
Go Tell The Spartans At Thermopylae, Greece, in 480 b.c., a king and three hundred of his soldiers set the standard for battle to the death against overwhelming odds. They would obey the command of their law and fight to the death. And all but two did. |
AskMen.com
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Most Populated Cities Comparing the populations of the world's largest cities can be a confusing task, as the definition of a city for census consideration can vary from one nation to another. |
Military History
February 2006
David Frye |
Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Thermopylae After the Battle of Thermopylae, Persian King Xerxes secretly buried most of the Greek dead and all but 1,000 of his own slain. The idea was to conceal from his army just how few men had held up his progress for so long. |
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Turkey's Ancient Metropolis of Ephesus Greeks, Romans, and Early Christians Speak Through the City's Stones... |
Military History Quarterly
Spring 2007
David G. Frye |
Rome's Barbarian Mercenaries How the "Roman" army came to be composed of barbarian troops of an often renegade nature is in many ways the story of Rome's fall. |
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AskMen.com
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Salvatore Mann |
Top 10: Must-See Archaeological Spots For those who like to enjoy the sights up close and personal, taking in the sounds and the feel of ancient cities and temples, here is a selection of some of the best destinations on Earth, many of which still have archaeological digs to this very day. |
Military History
December 2007
Richard A. Gabriel |
The Roman Navy: Masters of the Mediterranean The Romans started with no navy or naval warfare experience, but that didn't stop them from ruling the seas for more than four centuries |
Military History Quarterly
Spring 2005
Ira Meistrich |
War's Cradle The birthplace of civilization is also the home of culture's nemesis. |
Military History Quarterly
Spring 2006
Gregory G. Bolich |
Terrorism in the Ancient Roman World Pax Romana was the rule against nations, but even the empire could not control vandals, rogues, and rebels. |
Parameters
Summer 2007
Patrick Porter |
Good Anthropology, Bad History: The Cultural Turn in Studying War To wage war, become an anthropologist. Today's military confrontation of "the West vs. the rest" replays ancient differences between strategic cultures. |
Military History
Comer Plummer III |
The Walls of Constantinople For almost 1,000 years the wall of Constantinople defended Western Christendom -- only to be compromised by Crusaders and finally breached by Turkish cannons. |
Parameters
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