Table of Contents

Front Matter

Greece and Persia: The Defence
The Men of Marathon
The Lion King
In the Straits
The Wooden Walls
Battles on Plain and Shore
Greece and Carthage
The Lord of Syracuse
The Storm from Africa
Dionysius the Tyrant
The Deliverer from Corinth
Greece and Persia: The Attack
The Fight on the River
The Irresistible Phalanx
The Army of the Hundred Provinces
Rome and Carthage
The Servants of Mars
For Rule of the Sea
The Martyr Patriot
The Sons of Lightning
The Avalanche from the Alps
The Disaster at the Lake
The Overthrow of Cannae
The Secret March
Hannibal's Last Battle
The Blotting Out of Carthage
Rome and the Barbarians: The Rise
The Day of Allia
Apollo the Defender
The Swarm from the North
Beyond the Pyrenees
Across the Euphrates
The Conquests of Caesar
Furthest Britain
Beyond the Rhine
The Last Advance
Rome and the Barbarians: The Decline
A Century of Disgrace
A Century of Revival
Three Deadly Blows
Epilogue