Where our knowledge comes from

Ancient Military History draws its information and conclusions from a wide variety of sources from different periods: from ancient books including literary and legal texts as well as poetry, from inscriptions and graffiti on stone, and bronze or wooden tablets, from papyri, archaeological excavations and surveys, from satellite images, aerial photography and geophysics, from multifarious artifacts and finds such as coins, reliefs and paintings, weapons, statues or the remains of the soldiers’ food, clothing and tools etc. These sources, however, are typically difficult of access, as fully understanding them requires specialist training and as they are published in a wide range of dispersed journals, monographs, corpora, and archaeological reports.