Ilkka Syvänne
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This biography of the Roman Emperor Caracalla challenges his tyrannical reputation with a revealing narrative of his social reforms and military campaigns.
Caracallahas one of the worst reputations of any Roman Emperor. Many ancient historians were very hostile, and the 18th century English historian Edward Gibbon even dubbed him the common enemy of mankind. Yet his reign was considered by at least one Roman author to be the apogee...Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
“An unusual history of an unusual soldier of Rome who rose to Emperor . . . an engaging history of a fascinating subject—Very Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench
This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in...
This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus and Marcus Aurelius Probus.
This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ("Aurelian," reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) that also includes the other reigns between the years 268 and 285. It shows how these two remarkable emperors were chiefly responsible for the Empire surviving and emerging largely intact from...
This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ("Aurelian," reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) that also includes the other reigns between the years 268 and 285. It shows how these two remarkable emperors were chiefly responsible for the Empire surviving and emerging largely intact from...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"[The] well known historian... attempts to find the elusive King Arthur through a study of the military of the period following the Fall of Rome." -- Firetrench King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka Syvänne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by starting with the assumption that Arthur existed...
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