Philip Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He has worked closely with the armed services and appears regularly on TV and radio. He has also co-edited the two volume Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare.

A highly innovative study, presenting a new way of understanding what happened in the great battles of the ancient world. -- Adrian Goldsworthy Adrian Goldsworthy Sabin offers a brilliant reconstruction of ancient Greek and Roman battle. He models and 'refights' those battles through a game-like process that brings them to life. The result is utterly fascinating. There are new insights both into specific battle and into the relative importance of moral and material factors. Lost Battles is required reading for anyone interested in ancient warfare. -- Barry Strauss Lost Battles is an important contribution to our understanding of ancient land combat. Any warmonger with an interest in ancients will want to own a copy. NYMAS Review 'The reconstruction of ancient battles is a specialist sport, and Philip Sabin is a professional ... new groups becoming interested in the mechanics of ancient conflict and closer engagement with the underlying academic material ... is of benefit to [the] discipline as a whole - and should be credited to Sabin's score on the increasingly important scale of impact.' - RUSI Journal

• Introduction PART ONE: THE MODEL1: Sources 2: Armies 3: Movement 4: Fighting 5: Command 6: The Model in Operation PART TWO: THE BATTLES7: Athens & Sparta 8: The Age of Xenophon 9: Alexander the Great 10: The Successors 11: Carthage & Rome 12: Hannibal & Scipio 13: Rome moves East 14: Julius CaesarConclusion Appendix 1: Rules Appendix 2: Using the Model Appendix 3: Directory of Battles Appendix 4: GlossaryBibliography

Philip Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He has worked closely with the armed services and appears regularly on TV and radio. He has also co-edited the two volume Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare.

A highly innovative study, presenting a new way of understanding what happened in the great battles of the ancient world. -- Adrian Goldsworthy Adrian Goldsworthy Sabin offers a brilliant reconstruction of ancient Greek and Roman battle. He models and 'refights' those battles through a game-like process that brings them to life. The result is utterly fascinating. There are new insights both into specific battle and into the relative importance of moral and material factors. Lost Battles is required reading for anyone interested in ancient warfare. -- Barry Strauss Lost Battles is an important contribution to our understanding of ancient land combat. Any warmonger with an interest in ancients will want to own a copy. NYMAS Review 'The reconstruction of ancient battles is a specialist sport, and Philip Sabin is a professional ... new groups becoming interested in the mechanics of ancient conflict and closer engagement with the underlying academic material ... is of benefit to [the] discipline as a whole - and should be credited to Sabin's score on the increasingly important scale of impact.' - RUSI Journal

• Introduction PART ONE: THE MODEL1: Sources 2: Armies 3: Movement 4: Fighting 5: Command 6: The Model in Operation PART TWO: THE BATTLES7: Athens & Sparta 8: The Age of Xenophon 9: Alexander the Great 10: The Successors 11: Carthage & Rome 12: Hannibal & Scipio 13: Rome moves East 14: Julius CaesarConclusion Appendix 1: Rules Appendix 2: Using the Model Appendix 3: Directory of Battles Appendix 4: GlossaryBibliography

Philip Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He has worked closely with the armed services and appears regularly on TV and radio. He has also co-edited the two volume Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare.

A highly innovative study, presenting a new way of understanding what happened in the great battles of the ancient world. -- Adrian Goldsworthy Adrian Goldsworthy Sabin offers a brilliant reconstruction of ancient Greek and Roman battle. He models and 'refights' those battles through a game-like process that brings them to life. The result is utterly fascinating. There are new insights both into specific battle and into the relative importance of moral and material factors. Lost Battles is required reading for anyone interested in ancient warfare. -- Barry Strauss Lost Battles is an important contribution to our understanding of ancient land combat. Any warmonger with an interest in ancients will want to own a copy. NYMAS Review 'The reconstruction of ancient battles is a specialist sport, and Philip Sabin is a professional ... new groups becoming interested in the mechanics of ancient conflict and closer engagement with the underlying academic material ... is of benefit to [the] discipline as a whole - and should be credited to Sabin's score on the increasingly important scale of impact.' - RUSI Journal

• Introduction PART ONE: THE MODEL1: Sources 2: Armies 3: Movement 4: Fighting 5: Command 6: The Model in Operation PART TWO: THE BATTLES7: Athens & Sparta 8: The Age of Xenophon 9: Alexander the Great 10: The Successors 11: Carthage & Rome 12: Hannibal & Scipio 13: Rome moves East 14: Julius CaesarConclusion Appendix 1: Rules Appendix 2: Using the Model Appendix 3: Directory of Battles Appendix 4: GlossaryBibliography