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“jeremiah mccall”

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  • Designing Historical Games for Classrooms

    A Practical Guide for Educators

    by Jeremiah McCall ...
    Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes. It is designed to support educators who want to design games or who want to guide and assess student game‑making projects in history class.The chapters in this book lead the educator designer ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • The Sword of Rome

    A Biography of Marcus Claudius Marcellus

    by Jeremiah McCall ...
    The fascinating biography of the ancient Roman military commander and politician who led the Siege of Syracuse during the Second Punic War.The military exploits of Marcus Claudius Marcellus were largely unmatched in the Roman Middle Republic. As a young soldier in the First Punic War, he won a reputation for his skill in single combat. In his first consulship, he slayed the Gallic chieftain ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rivalries that Destroyed the Roman Republic

    by Jeremiah McCall ...
    This is the story of how some Roman aristocrats grew so competitive in their political rivalries that they destroyed their Republic, in the late second to mid-first century BCE. Politics had always been a fractious game at Rome as aristocratic competitors strove to outshine one another in elected offices and honors, all ostensibly in the name of serving the Republic. And for centuries it had ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swords and Cinema

    Hollywood vs the Reality of Ancient Warfare

    by Jeremiah McCall ...
    A dive into the authenticity of battle scenes in epic films set in the Greco-Roman world—from Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus to Ridley Scott's Gladiator.The battles and sieges of the Classical world have been a rich source of inspiration to film makers since the beginning of cinema and the sixties and seventies saw the golden age of the "swords and sandals" epic, with films such as Spartacus. Ridley ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gaming the Past

    Using Video Games to Teach Secondary History

    by Jeremiah McCall ...
    Gaming the Past is a complete handbook to help pre-service teachers, current teachers, and teacher educators use historical video games in their classes to develop critical thinking skills. It focuses on practical information and specific examples for integrating critical thinking activities and assessments using video games into classes. Chapters cover the core parts of planning, designing, and ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome

    A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family

    by Jeremiah McCall ...
    The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps that survived the Republic, the members of the Fabius clan were, more often than not, the hammers that forged the empire. Few families contributed more to the survival and success of the Republic and for so many centuries. Few could boast such great glories; perhaps none could match ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cavalry of the Roman Republic

    by Jeremiah B. McCall ...
    In this original and revealing work, Jeremiah B. McCall challenges the generally accepted view of the Roman cavalry and explores the fundamental connections between war and society in republican Rome, c.300-100 BC. McCall describes the citizen cavalry's equipment, tactics, and motivation in battle, and argues for its effectiveness in the field. This success is proof that it cannot finally have ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

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    The Military History of the Byzantines 959–1025

    by Julian Romane ...
    This vibrant history examines the wars of three Byzantine emperors: Nicephorus II Phocas, John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II "The Bulgar Slayer".In Byzantium Triumphant, Julian Romane presents an in-depth chronicle of the many wars waged by Nicephorus II Phocas, his nephew and assassin John I Tzimiskes, and the infamous Basil II. Capturing the drama of battle as well as the strategic operations of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Carthage's Other Wars

    Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome

    by Dexter Hoyos ...
    "A very good read . . . and a reminder that the Romans were hardly the only imperialist warmongers of the ancient world." — StrategyPageCarthage was the western Mediterranean's first superpower, long before Rome, and her military history was powerful, eventful, and checkered even before her "Punic Wars" against Rome. Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a ... Read more

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  • The Franks

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series series Conquerors of the Roman Empire
    How a relatively small group of Germans came to be overlords of all of the former Roman province of Gaul—giving their name to France in the process.Simon MacDowall studies the Frankish way of warfare and assesses its effectiveness, from their earliest incursions into the Empire, down to the Battle of Casilinum (554), their last battle against Romans, The size and composition of their armies, their ... Read more

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  • Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation

    by Philip Matyszak ...
    The author of Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation continues his revealing history of the Ancient Greek city-state in this chronicle of its decline and defeat.Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans became masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable? In Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation, Philip ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Illyrian Revolt

    Rome's Forgotten War in the Balkans, AD 6–9

    by Jason R. Abdale ...
    The little-known story of a fierce rebellion against the Romans: " A very good read for anyone interested in ancient military history and historiography." — The NYMAS ReviewIn the year AD 9, three Roman legions were crushed by the German warlord Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. This event is well known, but there was another uprising that Rome faced shortly before, which lasted from ... Read more

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