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7 best books like The Complete Roman Army (Adrian Goldsworthy): 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West, On War, Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire, Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome, Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization, Legions of Rome: The Definitive History of Every Imperial Roman Legion, On Grand Strategy

1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
AuthorRoger Crowley
ISBN1401308503
Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between...
On War
AuthorCarl von Clausewitz
ISBN0691018545
Carl von Clausewitz's On War has been called, "not simply the greatest, but the only truly great book on war." It is an extraordinary attempt to construct an all-embracing theory of how war works. Its coherence and ambition are unmatched by other military literature. On War is full of sharp observation,...
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
AuthorJames Romm
ISBN0307271641
Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity.

The story of Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic...
Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
AuthorStephen Dando-Collins
ISBN0471686131
A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of Munda and from Thapsus, Caesar's tactical masterpiece, to the grim siege of the Jewish fortress of Masada....
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
AuthorRichard Miles
ISBN0670022667
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire.

The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the ancient world. In an epic series of land and sea battles, both sides came close to victory before the Carthaginians...
Legions of Rome: The Definitive History of Every Imperial Roman Legion
AuthorStephen Dando-Collins
ISBN1849162301
Everything you could possibly want to know about the legions of imperial Rome is contained in this wonderfully complete and readable book. You can see the insignias on the shields of each legion and read its complete history from the time of Augustus to the fall of Rome. Major battles and campaigns are...
On Grand Strategy
AuthorJohn Lewis Gaddis
ISBN1594203512
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades

John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill...
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