Traces the development of military tactics and such items as swords, spears, long-range weapons, artillery, and body coverings from prehistory to Roman times.

This work covers major weapons throughout human history, beginning with clubs and maces; through crossbows, swords, and gunpowder; up to the hypersonic railgun,

Describes the development and use of such early weapons as spears, swords, bows and arrows, and catapults, as well as such means of protection as helmets, body

This authoritative volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600BC and AD 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilis

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