Contents ▼▲
Front Matter The Men of Marathon The Lion King In the Straits The Wooden Walls Battles on Plain and Shore The Lord of Syracuse The Storm from Africa Dionysius the Tyrant The Deliverer from Corinth The Fight on the River The Irresistible Phalanx The Army of the Hundred Provinces 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 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 A Century of Disgrace A Century of Revival Three Deadly Blows Epilogue

Helmet and Spear - Alfred J. Church



This fascinating military history provides a review of some of the most important conflicts of Ancient times in an engaging manner, rich in detail. Six clashes between the Ancient civilizations and their barbarian neighbors are covered: the Persian invasion of Greece, the fight between Greece and Carthage for Sicily, the Macedonian invasion of Persia, the Punic Wars, Rome's early encounters with Barbarian Celts and Germans, and Rome's fall to the Barbarians.

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Preface

I have told again in this volume some familiar stories, using mostly the original authorities, but availing myself, where it was possible, of the help of Plutarch, whose biographies are always rich in picturesque details. These narratives never lose their interest, and they ahve this special significance, that they illustrate what we all at least desire to believe, that the results of abiding good come out of the losses and sorrows of war. I have sought to draw out this thought with some detail in the Epilogue.

A.J.C.

Ightham, Sevenoaks. September 8, 1900.

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