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Ancient history and wargaming links
Romans | Greeks, Thracians, Macedonians | Chinese, Japanese, Mongols | Dark ages, crusades, early medievals | Medieval Europe | Rules, clubs, wargaming organisations | Ancient Historical Texts

• Ancient World Mapping Center Maps of the Ancient world, or at least Ancient Europe and the Mediterranean.

Romans  ^

• Late Roman Shield Patterns The Notitia Dignitatum includes colour illustrations of Roman shield patterns.
• The Roman Army Page Imperial service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?

Greeks, Thracians, Macedonians  ^

• Hellenic Macedonia Ancient, Byzantine and Modern Macedonia.
• The Hoplite Association A re-enactment society bringing the 5th Century BC to life.

Chinese, Japanese, Mongols  ^

• The Mongolian Culture website from the Indo-Mongolian Society has lots of information about the Mongols from Ancient times to the present.
• The Mongols in World History The Mongols and their empire from 1000-1500.

Dark Ages, Crusades, Early Medievals  ^

• Regia Anglorum Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman, and British living history 850-1100AD.

Medieval Europe  ^

• Castles of Wales Medieval Welsh warriors and warfare.
• Company of Saynt George A re-enactment group featuring a 15th century artillery unit.
• De Re Militari The Society for Medieval Military History, an international scholarly association.
• The Grey Company Trebuchet page Here you'll find a lot of pictures and a few words about these amazing pieces of "leverage artillery"
• The Lance and Longbow Society promotes historical, re-enacting, and wargaming interest in the Middle Ages, covering the period from the early 11th century into the early 16th century. The society also produces a bi-monthly journal Hobilar and newsletter called The Scourer.
• Wars of the Roses The civil wars in England from 1455 to 1487 between the House of Lancaster and the House of York

Rules, clubs, wargaming organisations  ^

• AncientBattles An unofficial Warhammer Ancient Battles website.
• Field of Glory FOG Ancients.
• Chariotmaster Chariot racing rules.
• DBMM DBMM rankings - competition rankings.
• The Die is Cast Designed to cover the rise and fall of the Roman empire. These rules are especially suited to refights of historical battles.
• Impetus  A set of rules for Ancients, Medievals, and Renaissance wargaming.
• Luke Ueda-Sarson's homepage with ancient military history.
• Madaxeman's Wargaming Site Lots of ADLG stuff here.
• MEDBAG New Zealand (or Middle Earth!) DBA site.
• Society of Ancients The Society of Ancients is a long-established international amateur society for the promotion of the study of ancient and medieval military history and wargaming the period 3000 BC to 1500 AD
• Tabulae Novae Exercituum TNE has discussion and proposals for amended army lists and troop classifications for DBM and DBMM.
• Wargames Research Group The W.R.G. website includes the wargaming websites of Phil Barker and Sue Laflin-Barker including older WRG rules. See where it all began in 1969 with just eleven pages of rules including advice on how to paint your Airfix Romans.

Ancient Historical Texts  ^

• Ancient History, Archaeology and Biblical Studies Ancient Historians and Generals, Assyrian and Babylonian texts, Information about Persia, and more.
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook Introductory articles and links to lots of primary sources.
• The Internet Classics Archive English translations of Greek and Roman works.
• Perseus Digital Library Hundreds of Greek and Roman historical texts.
• Tales from Froissart Jean Froissart's 14th Century chronicle of the Hundred Years' War.

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