Members sponsor and contribute to the publication of our newsletter, Res Militares. Our leadership works with and within the American Philological Association to arrange contact between our members and within the larger academic community. The Roman Army's fortresses, forts, watchtowers, temporary camps, depots and industrial sites, built in Britain over 400 years, with photographs and other background material on the Roman Army and the military history of Britannia. The base covers material published in journals and books, mostly during the last 10-20 years. This page is concerned with ancient warfare, covering the period between the Mycenean World and the Byzantine Empire.
Some sections are still under construction, especially the Byzantine material.
The armies in these battles are very Macedonian in style, with a lot of mixing of unit types and capabilities, with the exception that, because of the terrain, reliance on cavalry is almost non-existent. But in his first major action in Asia, the Macedonian commander employed tactics that would win him an empire. This site includes people, places, and various other resources of Rome. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history. War in the Adriatic Sea.