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Robert Bhushan
Each issue of Ancient Warfare is focused on a historic theme chosen by readers: from Roman camp life to the campaigns of Belisarius, we take an in-depth look at every aspect of ancient military history. Original illustrations and articles by expert authors round out this acclaimed magazine about ancient military history.
Ancient Warfare was started in 2007.[2] It is published in Rotterdam by the Dutch publishing company Karwansaray.[3] The magazine was founded by Jasper Oorthuys, who now serves as managing director and editor-in-chief.[3]
Most of the magazine's feature articles focus on a central theme per issue.[4] These include articles on a specific general, campaign or more abstract phenomenon such as sieges. Each issue usually starts off with a historical introduction to the theme. The introduction is usually followed by an article that delves into relevant sources for the theme, such as a historical narrative or an archaeological source. The theme is then fleshed out by articles on warriors, battles and generals that fit that issue's theme. Among the authors are well-known specialists like Bob Bennett, Duncan B. Campbell, Ross Cowan, Lukas de Blois, Stephen English, Adrian Murdoch, Joseph Pietrykowski, Jona Lendering, and Mike Roberts.
The magazine also includes news and letters from readers, as well as reviews of relevant books, games, models, and museums. The illustrations include original artwork, maps and photographs of artifacts. Online free features of the magazine include the editor's blog and a podcast which is published to coincide with the magazine themes.
Other spin-offs were specials on the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and the nature of the Roman centuria. Since 2012, the yearly special is published in the form of a hardcover book. The first was Edge of Empire (2012), a reworked English translation of an originally Dutch book by Jona Lendering and Arjan Bosman on the Roman occupation of the Low Countries. The second was Henchmen of Ares: Warriors and Warfare in Early Greece (2013) written by then-editor Josho Brouwers and based on his PhD dissertation on Early Greek warfare.
Each issue begins with a historical introduction in order to provide broad brush strokes of the historical period or event under analysis. Volume IX, Issue 1, for example, explores warfare elements during the fall of Rome in 476 CE. The first article covers the major characters, battles, and events during the brief period. Following, multiple articles cover specific battles and characters present during this period. This structure basically helps the reader to first understand the event or time period through the "big picture" and then the smaller, more nuanced elements are explored. Beneficial to the reader, it allows for a better comprehension of the events and period without overwhelming information.
Murray is asked, 'I am reading about Spanish Conquistadors. Since they were unfamiliar with the land, they would capture local tribe members and force them to act as guides. On many occasions, the guides would deliberately lead them astray to be attacked or direct them away from villages. Are there any notable incidents in ancient warfare where this occurred?'
In this week's Any Warfare Answers, Murray answers this question sent in by Jamie. 'The rest of the guys on the podcast all have their areas of expertise and are each an expert in a different, very specific aspect of ancient history, whereas you seem to have a grasp of all of it.
Kyle asks, 'What was the mechanism that Carthage (or really any ancient power) used to recruit mercenaries? Were there people whose job it was to travel Gaul, Iberia, Greece, etc., recruiting, or was the sending of mercenaries part of political negations?'
Jasper, the editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine, asked on social media what themes readers felt the magazine had not covered but should or themes it should revisit. The team look at what suggestions were sent in and give some thoughts of their own.
Medieval Warfare Magazine is a new publication for those interested in the military history of the Middle Ages. Published six times per year, each issue is packed with articles on battles, weapons, and armies, along with news and reviews. The magazine is now available in major North American book stores.
The magazine comes from Karansaway Publishers, who also have been producing Ancient Warfare magazine for several years. We interviewed Dirk van Gorp, Editor of Medieval Warfare, about his plans for the new magazine:
When my colleague started our first magazine, Ancient Warfare, his first goal was to make sure that this issue would fill the vacuum which existed in within the world of military history magazines. At that time, some 6 years ago, there were only a limited number of magazines about this theme, and most of them were written in French or Spanish. Those English military magazines which did exist focused mostly on military history in general, with a clear emphasis on modern or early modern history. Thus, it was decided to launch a magazine which would fill the gap, and which would focus exclusively on ancient times. Because my colleague had a lot of contacts within the community of ancient warfare enthusiasts, both scientific and amateuristic, he had a clear idea of what kind of magazine would be best. On the one hand, it would be a magazine aimed at a broad audience, with information accessible to both professional historians and enthusiastic amateurs and with plenty of historically accurate and relevant pictures and illustrations to illustrate the articles. On the other hand, it was deemed important that all articles were directly based on modern historical research in order to provide our readers with the most recent and relevant information available, composed by both professional historians, as well as amateuristic but knowledgeable writers.
After Ancient Warfare was launched in 2007, it quickly turned out to be a success. After 4 years of publishing, the circulation was quadrupled, both by the rapidly growing number of subscribers and the fact that the magazine became available in large bookstores in, amongst others, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Once we realized that there was a great demand for such a specialized military magazine, and once Ancient Warfare was firmly establishing itself within the ancient military community, we started to look at the next step to take.
Of course, we are very well aware of the risks involved in launching a new magazine. There are a lot of costs involved in the process, and for us perhaps even more so because of the fact that we aim to provide the best authors, pictures and illustrations available. Launching a magazine is one thing; making sure that it survives the first five years is quite another. Medieval History magazine is one clear example of the possible outcome we might face in a few years. But even after those five years, the work is hardly done. Quite recently, one of the major military magazines in the US, active for nearly 25 years, had to shut down as well because of a lack of funds to keep publishing. Thus, it has always been clear to us that we hardly have an easy task ahead of us.
One more important aspect which will help us remain an important player in the medieval military magazine community is the fact that Medieval Warfare magazine (like the books and other magazines we publish) is published by a professional publishing-company, Karwansaray Publishers, which guarantees the continuity of our products to a certain degree. This helps in keeping our magazines going even when times are a bit rough.
As I mentioned above, our articles are written by authors with extensive knowledge of medieval military history. An author should be able to write articles for a broad audience, with a smooth easily accessible style, but consisting of information directly based on modern historical research. While we are often working with professors, PhD-students and professionals, everyone enthusiastic about medieval military history and with at least a basic knowledge about a certain subject is more than welcome to write for us, assuming, of course, that their work is well-written, based on modern research, and of sufficient quality. Anyone interested in contributing to our magazine (both authors and illustrators), can send an email to [email protected]. More information and certain guidelines about writing an article for our magazine can be found on our website.
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He then juxtaposes these modern theories with accounts from ancient Roman writers, such as Vegetius and Josephus. These accounts support the theory that Burnswark was a site of a brutal siege, not a practice ground. For example, there is no evidence in the ancient texts that the lead bullets found at the site were used in army training practices. He is therefore combining archaeological evidence with the ancient sources to build a more holistic picture of the potential use of Burnswark.
Ancient Warfare is the only English language magazine to deal exclusively with the military history of the ancient Mediterranean. Edited by Jasper Oorthuys and published bi-monthly, Ancient Warfare magazine is centred around ca. 3000 BC to AD 500 and is bursting with engaging and well-researched articles on soldiers, battles, and tactics.
Every issue of the full-colour 60-page magazine is dedicated to a particular theme. This can be a specific campaign or topic from history such as troop types, something more zoomed out such as arms or armour or even broader concepts such as victory and defeat. Most of the expert-written articles within each issue will tie in with this theme for an engaging and entertaining read that you can get delivered directly to your device with an Ancient Warfare digital magazine subscription.
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