ANCIENT WARFARE XVI-1 - PIRACY AND RAIDS

One man's pirate is another's daring raider, and the boundary between warrior and pirate can be equally nebulous. Piracy is an age-old problem without a simple solution.

Theme: Ancient pirates and raiders

• Louise Hitchcock, 'Figuring out Bronze Age piracy - Opportunist raiders'.
• Owain Williams, 'Greek pirates in the eighth-century Levant - The Iauna have come'.
• David Lewis, 'Classical and Hellenistic Greek piracy - The pirate crew at work'.
• Lindsay Powell, 'Julius Caesar and the Cilician Pirates - They thought he was joking'.
• Philip de Souza, 'Pompey and the pirates - Anti-piracy imperialism'.

Features:

• Tyler Holman, 'Wars of the Mauryan Empire - In the wake of Alexander'.
• Andrei Pogăciașis, 'The tactics and impact of the Getae and Dacians'.
• Jo Ball, 'The tombstone of Lucius Duccius Rufinus, 'Upholding military standards'.
• Duncan B. Campbell, 'Officers of the Roman cavalry - The decurion's deputies'.