Tag: BC

Free Download The Battle of Dyrrhachium, 48 BC: Caesar, Pompey, and the Early Campaigns of the Third Roman Civil War by Gareth C. Sampson
English | May 19th, 2022 | ISBN: 152679358X | 248 pages | True EPUB | 15.86 MB
An in-depth study of the rivalry between two of Rome’s greatest military commanders-and the battle where they met in combat.

Free Download Bats of British Columbia (Royal BC Museum Handbook), 2nd Edition by Cori Lausen, David Nagorsen, Mark Brigham, Jared Hobbs
English | March 25th, 2022 | ISBN: 0772679932 | 384 pages | True EPUB | 15.24 MB
A full-colour, fully updated field guide to identifying British Columbia’s bats, with new material on acoustic identification.

Free Download Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNS7D4BF | 2023 | 18 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 516 MB
Author: Barry Cunliffe
Narrator: James Cameron Stewart
A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings. In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European history, from prehistory through the ancient world to the medieval Viking period. Cunliffe views Europe not in terms of states and shifting political land boundaries but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas. These seas, and Europe’s great transpeninsular rivers, ensured a rich diversity of natural resources while also encouraging the dynamic interaction of peoples across networks of communication and exchange. The development of these early Europeans is rooted in complex interplays, shifting balances, and geographic and demographic fluidity. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and history, Cunliffe has produced an interdisciplinary tour de force. His is a bold book of exceptional scholarship, erudite and engaging, and it heralds an entirely new understanding of Old Europe.

Free Download The Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)
by Gareth C Sampson;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1526793628 | 234 pages | True PDF EPUB | 16.99 MB

Free Download Adam Hook, "Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans"
English | 2006 | pages: 100 | ISBN: 1846030021 | PDF | 38,7 mb
Increasing tension between Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) after the death of Marcus Licinius Crassus soon degenerated into military conflict. With his hand considerably strengthened by his election as Dictator by the Senate in Rome, Caesar knew that power would only be a reality once he had militarily defeated Pompey. By August 49BC, Caesar had effectively destroyed Pompey’s armies in Spain, but, by the time he had crossed the Adriatic pursuing him eastward, his forces were heavily outnumbered. Even with the reinforcements brought by Mark Antony, his attempt to crush Pompey by laying siege to Dyrrachium was unsuccessful and he eventually had to withdrew into Thessaly, with Pompey in pursuit.

Free Download Nicholas Sekunda, Richard Hook, "Marathon 490 BC: The first Persian invasion of Greece"
English | 2002 | pages: 93 | ISBN: 1841760005, 0275988368 | PDF | 30,2 mb
Osprey’s study of the first Persian invasion of Greece in 490 BC. The story of the Marathon campaign is an epic of the Ancient World. When the Ionian Greeks revolted against their Persian overlords in 499 BC, the cities of Athens and Eretria came to their aid. The Persian King Darius swore vengeance and in 490BC a fleet of 600 ships packed with troops was sent to take revenge on the Athenians. At Marathon the Greeks met the Persians in battle and drove them in rout back to their ships. The moral effect of this victory was enormous – for the first time a Greek army had defeated the Persians and demonstrated the superiority of hoplite tactics.

Free Download Kate Gilliver, "Caesar’s Gallic Wars: 58-50 BC"
English | 2002 | pages: 94 | ISBN: 1841763055, 0415968585 | PDF | 4,6 mb
Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France).