The Roman Imperial Succession Av Dr. John D. Grainger

Ptolemaic Egypt was last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by the expansion of Roman power. Cleopatra, last of the Ptolemies, was a Roman ally but backed the wrong side in the Roman civil war due to her famous love affair with Marc...

The Rising Sons: China''s Imperial Succession & The Art of War recollects 2,000 years of China''s history by examining how some of its most representative imperial rulers seized power by applying tactics and strategies from Sun...

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The Roman Empire depended on the power of its armies to defend and extend the imperial borders, enabling it to dominate much of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Success was, in large part, founded on well-trained, well-disciplined soldiers...