Osprey Men-at-Arms №500. John Pohl. Armies of Castile and Aragon 1370-1516

Osprey Publishing, 2012. — 50 p. — ISBN: 1849088480. From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the East Indies (Indonesia). During this nearly 300-year period, the Portuguese fought alongside other Iberian forces against the Moors of...

Osprey Publishing, 2016. — 51 с. — (Osprey Men-at-Arms 506). — ISBN: 978-1-4728-1537-8. Язык: English. At its height the Roman Empire stretched across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, maintained by an army of modest size but great diversity. In popular culture these soldiers are often portrayed in a generic fashion, but continuing research indicates significant...

Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47281-911-6 The 80 Years' War (also known as the Dutch War of Independence) was the foundation of Dutch nationhood, and during the course of the conflict one of its main leaders - Maurice of Orange-Nassau - created an army and a tactical system that became a model throughout Europe. This study, the first of a two-part series,...

Osprey Publishing, 2017. — 48 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47282-176-8 Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting, most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt in Judea and intermittent clashes with Rome's great rival Parthia. In these wars, Roman soldiers had to...

Osprey Publishing , 2019. — 48 р. The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in conflicts between rival...

Illustrations by Giuseppe Rava — Osprey Publishing, 2019. — 48 р. The Great Northern War was a long series of campaigns in which Russia, linked with several other countries in temporary alliances, confronted and eventually replaced Sweden as the predominant power in Northern Europe. While contemporary with the Duke of Marlborough's pivotal campaigns against France, the Great...