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The Carthaginian elephant will need some Republican armies to stomp (hastati, principes, triarii) as well as friendly troops to press home the attack – Celtic berserkers, Numidian skirmishers, Balearic slingers, Libyan footmen, perhaps a company of Hannibal's Spaniards kitted in the arms and...

Although contemporary coinage portrayed Heraclius, heavily whiskered, wearing a rather plain band surmounted by a cross, it seems (after a bit of googling) that the feathered headdress, or toupha, was indeed part of the Byzantine imperial costume as early as Justinian. A Renaissance depiction of...

The Heraclius figure is breathtaking. But is his peacock-feather crown historically attested?

Thanks for weighing in, everyone. A First Legion hoplite arrived in the mail today. His fearsome helmet brings to mind that passage from Stephen Pressfield's Gates Of Fire: I had laughed with Alexandros not two hours earlier as he seated the helmet over his felt undercap; how sweet and boyish...

I discovered this hobby over the holiday shopping season while searching for toys for my toddler, and realized I needed toys for myself. Today I am the proud owner of a single 15th Ludhiana Sikh rifleman who guards my Flashman novels. My book collection on classical history, however, remains...