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The Thracians were one of the great barbarian peoples of ancient history. The Greeks lived in fear of invading hordes of Thracian warriors. Later, they were the backbone of Macedonian and other Hellenistic monarchies armies. Herod of Judea employed them. Spartacus was a Thracian. Chris Webber’s The Gods of Battle (Pen & Sword, 2011) is […]

If you read the appendix and biographical notes to Penguin Classics The Age of Alexander by Plutarch, you see the original Game of Thrones. Alexander the Great’s generals and officer immediately set to to prove who was the strongest. Michael Taylor’s Antiochus the Great is a history of one of the more interesting descendants of […]