Christopher W. Mullins is Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs for the College of Health and Human Services and Professor in the school of Justice and Public Safety at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. His research focuses on the structural, cultural, and legal aspects of violence, especially mass atrocity.

• Chapter 1. The Rules of WarfareChapter 2. War in the Prehistoric and Ancient WorldsChapter 3. The Roman Republic and Empire Chapter 4. The Early Medieval World Chapter 5. The Late Medieval World Chapter 6. Early Modern Wars and the Birth of the Law of Nations

Christopher W. Mullins is Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs for the College of Health and Human Services and Professor in the school of Justice and Public Safety at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. His research focuses on the structural, cultural, and legal aspects of violence, especially mass atrocity.

• Chapter 1. The Rules of WarfareChapter 2. War in the Prehistoric and Ancient WorldsChapter 3. The Roman Republic and Empire Chapter 4. The Early Medieval World Chapter 5. The Late Medieval World Chapter 6. Early Modern Wars and the Birth of the Law of Nations

Christopher W. Mullins is Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs for the College of Health and Human Services and Professor in the school of Justice and Public Safety at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. His research focuses on the structural, cultural, and legal aspects of violence, especially mass atrocity.

• Chapter 1. The Rules of WarfareChapter 2. War in the Prehistoric and Ancient WorldsChapter 3. The Roman Republic and Empire Chapter 4. The Early Medieval World Chapter 5. The Late Medieval World Chapter 6. Early Modern Wars and the Birth of the Law of Nations