Böcker i Roman Conquests-serien

Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars

Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra's famous love affair with Marc Antony ensured she was on the wrong side of the Roman civil war between him and Octavian (later to become Caesar Aug

Details the Roman army of the time and their enemies, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of both.