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From Thermopylae to Leuctra: The Evolution of the Spartan	11	18 Jan 2026 9:15 p.m. PST
2,000 year old carnyx discovered in England	10	14 Jan 2026 8:55 a.m. PST
Roman self-healing concrete method discovered in Pompeii	3	14 Jan 2026 1:19 a.m. PST
Römer beim Picknick	1	11 Jan 2026 12:45 p.m. PST
My Women Fight Like Men	1	08 Jan 2026 1:02 p.m. PST
Converting Viking Rules for Romans and Celts	7	07 Jan 2026 9:23 a.m. PST
The first kamikaze	14	04 Jan 2026 7:25 p.m. PST
Rome’s ‘museum stations’ finally open	4	30 Dec 2025 9:09 a.m. PST
Seleukid civil war - 28mm Fantastic Battles	5	26 Dec 2025 3:48 p.m. PST
"Blood of Kings & Heroes" - new rules	2	26 Dec 2025 10:05 a.m. PST
Roman slaves were well fed	9	25 Dec 2025 4:29 a.m. PST
Plague Sheep!	12	22 Dec 2025 10:26 p.m. PST
Chariots At MOAB	3	21 Dec 2025 3:59 p.m. PST
Your wish list for 15mm Khurasan Historicals....	15	21 Dec 2025 1:06 p.m. PST
Rules for Mongol Warfare	8	18 Dec 2025 4:47 a.m. PST
Byzantiad - 'Doing the Math'	1	16 Dec 2025 12:56 p.m. PST
Barbarians Used Stimulants When Fighting the Roman Empire	6	15 Dec 2025 4:55 p.m. PST
Comitatus 2026	4	14 Dec 2025 11:16 a.m. PST
Why play Ancients?	38	14 Dec 2025 6:18 a.m. PST
First. Second and Third Punic Wars	10	14 Dec 2025 6:07 a.m. PST
Expedition to the ancestors. Where did the Egyptian...	1	13 Dec 2025 1:18 p.m. PST
Sword and Spear 2nd Thoughts	5	12 Dec 2025 8:57 p.m. PST
Mycenaean standard	7	09 Dec 2025 11:56 p.m. PST
About De Bellis Velitum?	7	08 Dec 2025 5:52 p.m. PST
Adding a couple units to my Celtic army	6	04 Dec 2025 9:27 p.m. PST
Ancient Greek 25mm herald?	6	04 Dec 2025 9:24 p.m. PST
Best Ancient Skirmish Rules?	12	02 Dec 2025 7:13 p.m. PST
Why I have the miniatures I have.	4	29 Nov 2025 5:54 p.m. PST
Long Haired Greeks?	8	29 Nov 2025 4:36 p.m. PST
Time to put an end to sabot bases?	20	25 Nov 2025 7:16 a.m. PST
Atlantis revealed?	40	22 Nov 2025 5:47 a.m. PST
DNA Study Reveals How Phoenician Culture Spread ...	1	21 Nov 2025 1:03 p.m. PST
The Stele of Messalim Bronze age Scenario	1	15 Nov 2025 11:18 p.m. PST
GoT wildling army in 15mm?	3	15 Nov 2025 6:12 p.m. PST
Battle of Mursa: Bodies in a well	5	11 Nov 2025 1:40 a.m. PST
Fall of the Bazanti	1	05 Nov 2025 1:15 p.m. PST
Opinions needed on 1/900 and 1/1200 ships	11	04 Nov 2025 10:23 a.m. PST
Heavy Foot in Built up Areas	12	02 Nov 2025 8:08 p.m. PST
“History is written by those who write things down.”	5	23 Oct 2025 10:15 p.m. PST
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2,000-year-old Roman recipes brought back to life	13	18 Oct 2025 8:34 a.m. PST
LOD Trojan War figures.	1	17 Oct 2025 3:43 p.m. PST
Cesar et Cleopatre	5	17 Oct 2025 3:20 p.m. PST
To the Strongest! and Mortem (Renatio) et Gloriam	13	16 Oct 2025 8:51 a.m. PST
Ancient Britons and their chariots	6	14 Oct 2025 2:14 p.m. PST
Ancient Roman Gravestone found in… New Orleans?!?!	8	14 Oct 2025 9:55 a.m. PST
Ancient Battles and Dominion of the Spear	1	13 Oct 2025 3:35 p.m. PST
The Rise of the Barbarian Kingdoms	1	08 Oct 2025 3:30 p.m. PST
Astonishing Discoveries About the Ancient World	3	05 Oct 2025 3:38 p.m. PST
The Sword in Gaul variant: unit question!	3	30 Sep 2025 1:17 p.m. PST
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Red Copper Miniatures	3	30 Sep 2025 6:19 a.m. PST
Military Service during the Principate	13	29 Sep 2025 10:00 a.m. PST
The Wargaming Possibilities of Rome’s Lost Ninth Legion	8	27 Sep 2025 9:10 p.m. PST
Rod and Carol Langton shutting down	9	26 Sep 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
List of 15mm Ancient and Medieval Ranges at Dante's Wars	8	23 Sep 2025 10:36 a.m. PST
'extraordinary' helmet tied to legendary Roman battle	5	21 Sep 2025 8:52 p.m. PST
Roman soldier's sunhat?	7	04 Sep 2025 8:41 a.m. PST
The Wheels Came Off The Wagon! Repairing Chariots	8	03 Sep 2025 4:17 p.m. PST
Better markers for MIdgard	5	02 Sep 2025 9:04 p.m. PST
Should Roman Empire Have Its Own Board?	28	01 Sep 2025 8:48 p.m. PST
Oldest written reference to Moses revealed- predates Bible	21	24 Aug 2025 11:10 a.m. PST
Who killed Ramesses III? How science solved an ...	6	17 Aug 2025 10:59 p.m. PST
Comitatus 26 Play test	1	15 Aug 2025 8:28 a.m. PST
Roman feather colors	24	09 Aug 2025 1:46 a.m. PST
Re-release Foundry Sassanid Persians	2	07 Aug 2025 6:33 a.m. PST
Minifigs 'JonBee' Ancients	5	06 Aug 2025 3:01 a.m. PST
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Secret of Roman sauce?	4	23 Jul 2025 9:05 p.m. PST
Auxilia compatable with AB Miniatures Romans	3	21 Jul 2025 8:30 a.m. PST
Magna Acies di Stefano Izzo	2	21 Jul 2025 5:32 a.m. PST
Roman Legion - Maniples flank movement	1	20 Jul 2025 8:47 a.m. PST
Frontier Miniatures - A New Beginning	69	15 Jul 2025 6:52 p.m. PST
Rare Roman military finds	2	15 Jul 2025 11:26 a.m. PST
Roman Legion - Tubicen	5	14 Jul 2025 10:05 a.m. PST
Blood on the Sands free Quick-start rules	1	11 Jul 2025 2:19 p.m. PST
Republic Legion: Lesson 2 Cornicen	1	11 Jul 2025 10:07 a.m. PST
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Republic Legion: Lesson 1: Signifer	15	08 Jul 2025 7:22 a.m. PST
See the Face of a Bronze Age Woman Who Lived	22	06 Jul 2025 10:28 p.m. PST
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Konstantinian and Komnenan Byzantine Armies	15	16 Jun 2025 7:30 a.m. PST
Three Ages of Rome and The Battle of Piranthus	1	10 Jun 2025 11:10 a.m. PST
Macedonian uniformity?	19	06 Jun 2025 9:01 p.m. PST
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This New 3D Recreation Of Ancient Rome Allows Users	4	05 Jun 2025 3:03 p.m. PST
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Roman street scenes in 54mm	11	26 May 2025 3:29 a.m. PST
If you were starting over, what scale?	36	25 May 2025 1:01 p.m. PST