This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 BC and AD 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilization to the fall of Ravenna and the collapse of the western Roman Empire. Rich illustrations of soldiers, equipment, weapons, warships, siege machines, war elephants, 16 maps, 50 battle plans and tactical diagrams, and 125 photographs. By John Warry. University of Oklahoma Press. Softcover. 224 pages.