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  • THE BATTLE OF PHARSALUS (48 BC)
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    THE BATTLE OF PHARSALUS (48 BC)
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    In August 48 BC, following the earlier battle at Dyrrhachium, the two greatest Roman commanders of their generation met in battle again at Pharsalus in Greece. Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, had been defeated at Dyrrhachium and forced to retreat but now stood at bay to face Pompey the Great, conqueror of the East. At stake lay the future of the ailing Roman Republic, each ma...

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  • THE BATTLE OF DYRRHACHIUM, 48 BC
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    THE BATTLE OF DYRRHACHIUM, 48 BC
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    An in-depth study of the rivalry between two of Rome's greatest military commanders—and the battle where they met in combat. In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into civil war, with opposing sides led by Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. These former allies had built their own factions within the Roman oligarchy and now refused to compromise. Yet their violent str...

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  • ROME SPREADS HER WINGS
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    ROME SPREADS HER WINGS
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    The two decades between the end of the First Punic War and the beginning of the Second represent a key period in the development of Romes imperial ambitions, both within Italy and beyond. Within Italy, Rome faced an invasion of Gauls from Northern Italy, which threatened the very existence of the Roman state. This war culminated at the Battle of Telamon and the final Roman vict...

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  • THE COLLAPSE OF ROME
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    THE COLLAPSE OF ROME
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    The fall and rise of ancient Rome from more than two decades of internal conflict, as its aristocracy took up arms against each other.   By the early first century BC, the Roman Republic had already carved itself a massive empire and was easily the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Roman armies had marched victoriously over enemies far and wide, but the Roman heartland ...

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  • THE CRISIS OF ROME
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    THE CRISIS OF ROME
    GARETH C. SAMPSON / TIM CORNELL
    By drawing on a very large number of German sources, many of them previously unpublished, Jack Sheldon throws new light on a familiar story. In an account filled with graphic descriptions of life and death in the trenches, the author demonstrates that the dreadful losses of 1st July were a direct consequence of meticulous German planning and preparation. Although the Battle of ...

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  • THE BATTLE OF DYRRHACHIUM, 48 BC
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    THE BATTLE OF DYRRHACHIUM, 48 BC
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    An in-depth study of the rivalry between two of Rome's greatest military commanders—and the battle where they met in combat. In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into civil war, with opposing sides led by Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. These former allies had built their own factions within the Roman oligarchy and now refused to compromise. Yet their violent str...

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  • ROME'S GREAT EASTERN WAR
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    ROME'S GREAT EASTERN WAR
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    This military history of Ancient Rome analyses the empire's revitalized push against rising enemies to the East. In the century since Rome's defeat of the Seleucid Empire in the 180s BC, the East was dominated by the rise of new empires: Parthia, Armenia, and Pontus, each vying to recreate the glories of the Persian Empire. By the 80s BC, the Pontic Empire of Mithridates had gr...

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  • ROME & PARTHIA: EMPIRES AT WAR
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    ROME & PARTHIA: EMPIRES AT WAR
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    A Roman historian examines the motivation and strategy behind Marc Anthony's invasion of Parthia and the reasons for its ultimate defeat. In the mid-first century BC, the Roman Empire was rivaled only by the Parthian Empire to the east. The first war between these two ancient superpowers resulted in the total defeat of Rome and the death of Marcus Crassus. When Rome collapsed i...

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  • ROME, BLOOD & POWER
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    ROME, BLOOD & POWER
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    "C apture[s] the essence of the struggle within Rome for reform and power and dominance . . . a page turner of a book . . . that offers fresh insight." — Firetrench   Following the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued the previous seventy years of the Republic, of political reform being met with ...

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  • ROME, BLOOD & POLITICS
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    ROME, BLOOD & POLITICS
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    This in-depth chronicle examines the series of political upheavals that led to division, violence, and civil war in the ancient Roman Republic. The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed political or social reform programs, many of which culminated in acts of bloodshed on the street...

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  • DEFEAT OF ROME IN THE EAST
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    DEFEAT OF ROME IN THE EAST
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    "Not just worthwhile for its analysis of the battle, but also for its coverage on Marcus Licinius Crassus' long career and the rise of the Parthian Empire." — Medieval Warfare Magazine In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his ...

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  • THE BATTLE OF MUNDA (45 BC)
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    THE BATTLE OF MUNDA (45 BC)
    GARETH C SAMPSON
    The battle of Munda was Julius Caesar’s final victory, analyzing tactics, commanders, and the aftermath leading to his downfall. After four years of fighting and two major victories, Julius Caesar had the upper hand in the Third Roman Civil War and had control of Rome itself. Yet despite this success, his surviving opponents still fought on, with the two sons of Pompeius Magnus...

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  • THE BATTLE OF THAPSUS (46 BC)
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    THE BATTLE OF THAPSUS (46 BC)
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    "A work of exceptional scholarship and impressively enhanced... a high value and firmly recommended addition to personal, community, and college/university library…" – Midwest Book Review Despite defeating his opponent Pompeius Magnus at Pharsalus, and the latter's subsequent murder, Caesar still faced a determined opposition in the Civil War that had engulfed the late Roman Re...

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  • THE BATTLE OF PHARSALUS (48 BC)
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    THE BATTLE OF PHARSALUS (48 BC)
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    In August 48 BC, following the earlier battle at Dyrrhachium, the two greatest Roman commanders of their generation met in battle again at Pharsalus in Greece. Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, had been defeated at Dyrrhachium and forced to retreat but now stood at bay to face Pompey the Great, conqueror of the East. At stake lay the future of the ailing Roman Republic, each ma...

    $216.99

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  • DEFEAT OF ROME IN THE EAST
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    DEFEAT OF ROME IN THE EAST
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    "Not just worthwhile for its analysis of the battle, but also for its coverage on Marcus Licinius Crassus' long career and the rise of the Parthian Empire." — Medieval Warfare Magazine In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his ...

    $119.00

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  • ROME, BLOOD & POLITICS
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    ROME, BLOOD & POLITICS
    GARETH C. SAMPSON
    This in-depth chronicle examines the series of political upheavals that led to division, violence, and civil war in the ancient Roman Republic. The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed political or social reform programs, many of which culminated in acts of bloodshed on the street...

    $279.00

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