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Salamis, Agincourt, Lepanto, Trafalgar, Gettysburg, Iswandlana, the Somme, Stalingrad--Battlefield: Decisive Conflicts in History tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history. It begins with the battle of Megiddo in ancient Egypt in 1476 BC and... read more

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The military history of the ancient world covers a huge span, from the battle of Megiddo (c.1476 BC), the first about which we can write with even a degree of confidence, to the swamping of Roman infantry by mounted warriors at Adrianople in AD 378.

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  1. Richard Holmes (Editor)

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