529 CE- Corpus Iurus Civilis was a compendium of Roman law code commissioned by Justinian and written by the jurist Trebonian. Corpus Iurus Civilius became a very important historical codification of law.

410 CE

The City of God is one of the most famous works of Augustine. The City of God argued against pagan philosophers who believed that Rome had fallen because it had forsaken the old gods and adopted Christianity. Augustine argued that secular political authority was necessary to follow a …

30 BCE

The Aeneid was an epic poem written by Virgil, 70- 19 BCE. The Aeneid is a Homeric epic which relates the story of Aeneas, the son of Anchises of Troy. The Aeneid provides a historical context for linking Roman civilization and Greece. Aeneas is said to encompass the …

451 BCE- Plebian pressure to codify Roman law lead to a commission which created a set of twelve laws known as the "Twelve Tables." The "Twelve Tables" restricted the influence of upper-classes and helped minimize arbitrary authority and tyranny. The Twelve Tables cover many aspects of Roman society including family …

Warfare in the Age of Crusades, Volume II, Europe will have a major focus on North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. I feel my perspective shifting West.

The Latin East will include 26 detailed and carefully illustrated regional and tactical maps.