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It was 4 August 1265 and he was about to face the royal army in the final battle of a quarrel that had raged between them for years. Outnumbered, outmanoeuvred and certain to lose, Simon chose to fight, knowing that he could not possibly win the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Simon de Montfort\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of this extraordinary man: heir to a great warrior, devoted husband and father, fearless crusader knight and charismatic leader. It is the story of a man whose passion for good governance was so fierce that, in 1258, frustrated by the King’s refusal to take the advice of his nobles and the increasing injustice meted out to his subjects, he marched on Henry III’s hall at Westminster and seized the reins of power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Montfort established a council to rule in the King’s name, overturning the social order in a way that would not be seen again until the rule of Oliver Cromwell in the seventeenth century.  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Caesar at Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Alexandrian War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Events in Egypt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Miltary preparations\u003cbr\u003e2. The water supply poisoned\u003cbr\u003e3. Naval engagements\u003cbr\u003e4. The last stages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Events in Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Events in Illyricum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Events in Spain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. Caesar Chastens Pharnaces: Zela\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe African War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Initail landings in Africa\u003cbr\u003e2. Waiting at Ruspina\u003cbr\u003e3. Consolidation\u003cbr\u003e4. Caesar takes the offense\u003cbr\u003e5. The Pompeians lose the initiative\u003cbr\u003e6. Thapsus\u003cbr\u003e7. The settlement of Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spanish War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Caesar pursues the Pompeians\u003cbr\u003e2. The victory of Munda\u003cbr\u003e3. 'Mopping-up'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Civil War\u003cbr\u003eThe Alexandrain\u003cbr\u003eThe African War\u003cbr\u003eThe Spanish War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Text\u003cbr\u003eII. The Ultimate Decree\u003cbr\u003eIII. Pharsalus\u003cbr\u003eIV. 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Indecisive campaign against the Morini (56 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook IV: Invasions of Germany and Britain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Massacre of the Usipetes and Tenctheri (55 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e2. The first crossing of the Rhine (55 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e3. The first invasion of Britain (55 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook V: The Second Rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The second invasion of Britain (54 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e2. Destruction of Sabinus' army by the Eburones (54 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e3. Attack by the Nervii on Cicero's winter camp (54 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e4. Widespread revolts in northern and central Gaul (54-53 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook VI: Operations Near the Rhine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Treveri routed (53 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e2. The second crossing of the Rhine (53 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e3. Customs and institutions of the Gauls\u003cbr\u003e4. Customs and institutions of the Germans\u003cbr\u003e5. Devastation of the country of the Eburones (53 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook VII: The Rebellion of Vercingetorix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The opening stage (52 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e2. Siege and capture of Avaricum (52 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e3. Roman reverse at Gergovia (52 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e4. Vercingetorix's defeat in open warfare (52 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e5. Siege and capture of Alesia (52 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook VIII: The Final Rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Hirtius' preface\u003cbr\u003e2. Revolts of the Bituriges, Carnutes and Bellovaci (52-51 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e3. The last encounters; capture of Uxellodunum (51 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e4. 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This edition features a new translation of both texts, introduction, notes, guide to military systems and terminology, maps and a full index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin Hammond's new translation of the Anabasis and Indica of Arrian is another triumph for Oxford University Press' World's Classics ... it forms a perfect, handy paperback of the works that tell the modern world more about Alexander than any other source material ... 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Rome found the eastern Mediterranean divided, in an unstable balance of power, between three great kingdoms - the three Hellenistic kingdoms that had survived and flourished after the wars of Alexander the Great''s Successors: Macedon, Egypt, and Syria. Internal troubles took Egypt more or less out of the picture, but the other two were reduced by Rome. Having established itself, by its defeat of Carthage, as the sole superpower in the western Mediterranean, Rome then systematically went about doing the same in the east, until the entire Mediterranean was under her control. Apart from the thrilling military action, the story of the Roman conquest of Greece is central to the story of Rome itself and the empire it created. As Robin Waterfield shows, the Romans developed a highly sophisticated method of dominance by remote control over the Greeks of the eastern Mediterranean - the cheap option of using authority and diplomacy to keep order rather than standing armies. 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