Ancient Warfare magazine Vol VIII-5
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_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Rebellion against the Empire: The Jewish-Roman wars
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Mladen Popovic, Jewish revolts in the first two centuries AD - Historical introduction
_x000D_ _x000D_ It is well known that in the opening statement of his Jewish War, Flavius Josephus imitates the fifth-century BC _x000D_ Athenian _x000D_ Thucydides when he says that the war of the Jews against the Romans is not only the greatest of the wars of our own _x000D_ time, but so _x000D_ far as accounts have reached us, nearly of all whichever broke out between cities or nations.
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Tilman G. Moritz, Josephus' account of the First Jewish War - A history of victors?
_x000D_ _x000D_ By the time Jerusalem was seized in late AD 70, the first coins celebrating the Roman conquest of Judea had already been _x000D_ made. _x000D_ The following year, spectators stood in awe when spoils and prisoners of said war were paraded through the streets of _x000D_ Rome. The _x000D_ most exotic items were deposited in the recently restored Temple of Peace for display, while a majority provided the _x000D_ funds for an_x000D_ all-new amphitheatre to be built in place of Nero's dismantled palace. There was to be no doubt about the great benefits _x000D_ of the _x000D_ Judean venture, as well as its importance to the Flavian dynasty.
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Vassilis Pergalias, The Third Gallica during the Revolt of AD 66 - Soldiers of the Empire
_x000D_ _x000D_ By AD 40, the Third Gallica Legion of the Roman army consisted of legionaries recruited in the province of Syria from_x000D_ Roman _x000D_ citizens, descendants of legionaries from Spain, Italy, and Gaul, who had settled in Syria over a period of almost a _x000D_ hundred _x000D_ years. The legion, initially raised in the west, took part in the civil war of Julius Caesar against Pompey and in Mark _x000D_ Antony's _x000D_ bloody campaign against Parthia. Under the latter it was eventually posted to Syria.
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Sean Manning, The victoria navalis - A war at sea?
_x000D_ _x000D_ Amongst the thousands of coins racked in the British Museum is a series with the enigmatic legend victoria navalis. _x000D_ While to a _x000D_ specialist all Roman coins are interesting, some writers think that these coins are also of interest to students of the _x000D_ Jewish _x000D_ War. What could connect a war most famous for sieges in the hills with victory at sea?
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Sidney E. Dean, The Siege of Jerusalem, AD 70 - Titus ante portas
_x000D_ _x000D_ In December of AD 69, Roman general Vespasian embarked for Europe to press his claim to the imperial throne. Since _x000D_ arriving in _x000D_ the Middle East in spring of 67, his 50,000 man army had pacified Galilee, Samaria and most of Judea. But Jerusalem _x000D_ remained a_x000D_ hotbed of revolt. Vespasian left his thirty-year-old son Titus and his experienced chief of staff Tiberius Julius _x000D_ Alexander _x000D_ behind to take the city and end the Jewish uprising once and for all.
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Graham Sumner, Roman imperial legionary cavalryman - Roman soldier in Judea
_x000D_ _x000D_ Appearances can often be deceptive. This is particularly true with regards to the legionary cavalry (equites legionis),_x000D_ so often _x000D_ seen as simply an appendage of the legion. This point is reinforced by the classic painting of an entire legion by the _x000D_ late Peter _x000D_ Connolly with 120 horsemen scouts and dispatch riders, a number derived dir ectly from Josephus (War 3.120).
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Joseph Hall, The Second Jewish Revolt, AD 116-117 - Rebellion in the Diaspora
_x000D_ _x000D_ For a generation after the great Jewish revolt of AD 66-74, tensions had been simmering, and old wounds festered amongst _x000D_ the _x000D_ Jewish Diaspora in the eastern provinces of the empire. Children had grown to adulthood hearing stories of Rome's brutal _x000D_ treatment of the Jews, and had come to despise those who still occupied and exploited a land which they considered their _x000D_ own. In _x000D_ AD 116 however, these grievances erupted into violence, and the Emperor Trajan was forced to divert much needed troops _x000D_ from his_x000D_ Parthian campaign to quell massive and bloody insurrections in Cyrenaica, Egypt, Cyprus, and Mesopotamia.
_x000D_ _x000D_ Theme: Arnold Blumberg, The Bar Kochba Revolt - Judea's last bid for freedom
_x000D_ _x000D_ When Hadrian became emperor in AD 117, the Roman Empire was embroiled in conflicts along its borders from Britain to _x000D_ Parthia. _x000D_ Fortunately, the new ruler proved both a capable administrator and able strategist who achieved near universal peace_x000D_ along the _x000D_ frontiers in only a few years. He accomplished this by establishing a defence system that allowed the legions to react _x000D_ rapidly to _x000D_ incursions into the empire's territory. However, a plan designed to hold back invaders from without proved less able to _x000D_ respond _x000D_ to the threat of internal strife. The revolt of Bar Kochba in AD 132 led to serious warfare inside the empire, which was _x000D_ only_x000D_ overcome by Hadrian's use of extreme and desperate measures.
_x000D_ _x000D_ Special: Owen Rees, Dogs in ancient Greek warfare - Let slip the dogs of war
_x000D_ _x000D_ The role of animals in warfare has captured the imagination of readers and film watchers for many years: from the beauty _x000D_ and _x000D_ majesty of the war horse, to the dignified but ingenious utilisation of the messenger pigeon. Yet it is the use of man's_x000D_ best _x000D_ friend that evokes the most impassioned of images - the unleashed ferocity of a live and powerful weapon, marked with _x000D_ the _x000D_ poignancy of undivided loyalty, makes the dog of war an emotive and captivating image. Their usage is well established _x000D_ and their _x000D_ presence in history books often adds a touch of colour to an otherwise drab military narrative. When it comes to _x000D_ Classical Greek_x000D_ history however, the story is less certain: they appear in military iconography and artwork but not in the histories, _x000D_ they appear _x000D_ in combat manuals but not in any battles - this incongruence begs the overarching question, did the Greeks use dogs in _x000D_ war? _x000D_
_x000D_ _x000D_ Special: Marc G. DeSantis, Alexander's antidote to Persian sea power - Conquering the sea from the land _x000D_
_x000D_ _x000D_ At the outset of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Empire in 334 BC , the warships of the Persian fleet _x000D_ greatly _x000D_ outnumbered those of his own. If he did not somehow defeat or otherwise neutralize the enemy navy, it would remain a _x000D_ constant_x000D_ threat to his lines of communication with Macedonia as well as all the other territories that he conquered. The Persian _x000D_ fleet,_x000D_ comprised mainly of skilled Phoenician sailors fighting in the service of the Great King Darius III , was so superior _x000D_ that_x000D_ instead of taking it head-on, Alexander decided upon a logistic strategy that involved defeating it by depriving its_x000D_ triremes of_x000D_ their all-important naval bases.
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