Bruce emailed us this question, what do the columns (Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius) tell us about the wars depicted? Are they reliable narratives? Narratives at all?
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AW128 - Fortifications and Siege Warfare
AWA: Last Stands
AWA: What was the aftermath of battle like?
AWA: How did the Celts fight the Greek Phalanx?
AW124 - Barbarians
AWA: Cavalry shock tactics without stirrups?
AWA: What do we know about the Persian Immortals?
AWA: Were late Roman armies as bad as they say?
AWA: Did the Romans uses phalanx tactics?
AW119 - Rise of the Legion
AWA: How did the Romans adapt to cavalry enemies?
AWA: How were mercenaries recruited?
AWA: Were Pila designed to bend?
AW115 - Rams and Ramming
ANA: How did Ancient Greek cavalry operate without the stirrup?
AWA: Why did Sparta adopt the Macedonian Phalanx?
AWA: Could Boudicca have won?
Warfare in Hellenistic Asia Minor
AWA: If the Roman Legion was superior to the phalanx how could Hannibal use such inferior methods and defeat the Romans for years?
AWA: Did the Romans downplay their navy before the first Punic war?
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