In a single volume, Empire at War catalogues and offers a brief
description of every significant battle fought by the Roman Empire
from Augustus to Justinian I (and most of the minor ones too). The
information in each entry is drawn exclusively from Ancient, Late
Antique, and Early Medieval texts, in order to offer a brief
description of each battle based solely on the information provided
by the earliest surviving sources which chronicle the event. This
approach provides the reader a concise foundation of information to
which they can then confidently apply later scholarly
interpretation presented in secondary sources in order to achieve a
more accurate understanding of the most likely battlefield
scenario. In writing the battle descriptions, the author has not
sought analyse the evidence contained in the surviving accounts,
nor embellish them beyond that which was necessary to provide
clarity to the modern reader. He allows the original writers to
speak for themselves, presenting the reader with a succinct version
of what the ancient chroniclers tell us of these dramatic events.
It is an excellent first-stop reference to the many battles of the
Roman Empire.
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