'Never, except in the battle of Cannae, had there been so destructive a slaughter recorded in our...

The 3rd to the 6th centuries saw the collapse of the classical Mediterranean civilization and the...

A description of Attila the Hun's invasion of Gaul in AD 451, the Roman response and the eventual...

A description of Attila the Hun's invasion of Gaul in AD 451, the Roman response and the eventual...

An up-close look at the Germanic people who sacked Rome in the fifth century AD.   On 31 Dec...

How a relatively small group of Germans came to be overlords of all of the former Roman province ...

The fascinating history of ';a race that simply would not accept defeat' (Books Monthly).In the...

A highly illustrated study of the battle of Malplaquet, the last and bloodiest of Marlborough's v...

A highly illustrated study of the battle of Malplaquet, the last and bloodiest of Marlborough's v...

The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict th...

Follows the Gothslong and violent interaction with Rome (sometimes allies, often as enemies) wh...

On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive li...