Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring a

In the early third century AD the Roman Empire was a force to be reckoned with, controlling vast territories and wielding enormous political power from Scotland

An attractively packaged, beautifully illustrated book telling the story of the wars of Ancient Rome. The Roman Empire was the greatest the world has ever seen,

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