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Gareth Sampson examines the campaigns which led up to the battle as well as the role played by the various regional powers who got drawn into the Roman Civil War.

Gareth Sampson outlines the strategic background, describing the early campaigns of the civil war and the factions of Caesar and Pompey that fought for control of the vast resources of the Republic.

Ventidius Antony and the Second RomanoParthian War 4020 BC. Highlights a neglected war between the two superpowers of the eraIlluminates the success of the neglected Roman general Publius VentidiusExplains the motives for Marc Antonys invasion of Parthia and the reasons for its failureAnalyses the outcome of the war, the negotiated settlement and its implications for the region

Despite Rome's conquest of the Mediterranean, by the turn of the first century BC, Rome's influence barely stretched into 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 grown so bold that it invaded and annexed the whole...

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Narrates and analyses a crucial period in Roman history. Full of fascinating, famous characters such as Marius, Sulla and Pompey. Perfect companion to the author's previous works.

A concise and authoritative account of North Korea's post war history

Narrates the struggle for stability, power and political reform in the wake of Rome's First Civil War.

Examines the political struggles that tore apart the Roman Republic and set the stage for the rise of the first Emperor.

An insightful narrative and analysis of a crucial period in Roman history, full of fascinating characters like Marius, Sulla and Pompey.

Graphic account of the Parthian victory over Rome at Carrhae. A Penetrating study of the clash between two of the great empires of the ancient world that reconsiders the career of Marcus Licinius Crassus and his military reputation,

Covers a neglected period in the history of the Roman republic, that between the second and first Punic wars.

Exciting account of the Jugurthine and Northern Wars and the Rise of Marius.