This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilization to the fall of Ravenna and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

In this illustrated volume, you will read of an age of great military commanders such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Hannibal as you look at how the evolution of the art of warfare led to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

The text is complemented by a running chronology, 16 maps, 50 newly researched battle plans and tactical diagrams, and 125 photographs, 65 of them in color.

 Full details are provided here of the uniforms, equipment, weapons, warships, siege engines and great commanders of the classical world. The feats of the great military commanders are examined.