This review will be the start of a new format, in which I will review books within a limit of 500 words. This is a new approach, and the aim is to allow people to get a grasp of the book within a smaller amount of time and without overbearing them with information. Although someContinue reading “Book Review: Jonathan Eaton, ‘Leading the Roman Army’ (2020)”
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Book Review: Glenn Barnett, ‘Emulating Alexander’ (2017).
Barnett, G, Emulating Alexander: How Alexander the Great’s Legacy Fuelled Rome’s Wars with Persia (Pen & Sword, 2017). £19.99 Glenn Barnett provides readers with an interesting book that focuses on how Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who conquered the Achaemenid Empire and ventured to Asia, fuelled Rome’s eastern ambitions. The book traces events fromContinue reading “Book Review: Glenn Barnett, ‘Emulating Alexander’ (2017).”
Book Review: James Howard-Johnston, ‘The Last Great War of Antiquity’ (Oxford, 2021).
Book Review: Howard-Johnston, J, ‘The Last Great War of Antiquity’ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021). £35.00 (480 Pages) James Howard-Johnston provides a long-awaited narration of the last war fought between the Roman and Sasanian Empires, in what he terms, ‘The Last Great War of Antiquity’ (AD 603-630). This book allows the reader to disseminate whyContinue reading “Book Review: James Howard-Johnston, ‘The Last Great War of Antiquity’ (Oxford, 2021).”
Book Review: Ilkka Syvanne, ‘Military History of Rome, 518-565’ (2021)
Book Review: Syvanne, Ilkka, ‘Military History of Late Rome 518–565’ (Pen and Sword Military, 2021). £30.00 First, I would like to thank Pen and Sword for sending me a review copy of this book. In my fault, I was not able to review it at the time of arrival because I was in England visitingContinue reading “Book Review: Ilkka Syvanne, ‘Military History of Rome, 518-565’ (2021)”
The Romans and Sasanians March to the IMC in July 2021
For centuries the Roman and the Sasanian Empires battled it out in the Near East for ideological and physical dominance. Frontiers expanded and retracted, with the two powers continuously interacting with one another throughout the third to seventh century. But what were the political, and by extension diplomatic, military, geographic, and gendered climates that theseContinue reading “The Romans and Sasanians March to the IMC in July 2021”
Getting to Know my PhD Research
I’ve recently been on a break from writing blog posts because my PhD research has taken off and therefore, I needed to give it my ultimate priority. Nevertheless, I hope to come back to this blog for sporadic posts about a variety of topics from PhD advice and insights into Late Antique and Medieval RomanContinue reading “Getting to Know my PhD Research”
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