Much recent interest in ancient Roman warfare and imperialism
Comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of relationship between war and society
Goes beyond traditional emphases on political causes, tactics and strategy
Large amateur public interested in military matters
`The papers are of a high standard of originality and scholarship and form an important contribution to a field of study increasingly at the centre of ancient history' - Greece and Rome
David Braund, University of Exeter; Brian Campbell Queen's University of Belfast; Duncan Cloud, University of Leicester; Tim Cornell, University College, London; Wolfgang Liebeschuetz, University of Nottingham; Stephen Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge; John Patterson, Magdalene College, Cambridge; John Rich, University of Nottingham; Harry Sidebottom, Christi College, Oxford; Dick Whittaker, Churchill College, Cambridge; Greg Woolf, Magdalen College, Oxford; Adam Ziolkowski, University of Warsaw