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Spartan Banners or Symbols	11	26 Nov 2022 4:49 p.m. PST
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The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC by Tristan Hughes	2	23 Nov 2022 8:52 a.m. PST
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Command Figures Placement	11	20 Nov 2022 12:51 p.m. PST
When did the Empire really ‘fall’ ?	42	20 Nov 2022 8:22 a.m. PST
Late Roman Army Archers	3	19 Nov 2022 3:02 p.m. PST
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visit to the trireme Olympias	11	15 Nov 2022 10:35 p.m. PST
DBA 2.2 errata?	10	15 Nov 2022 6:00 p.m. PST
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The gangs of Rome	1	11 Nov 2022 2:16 a.m. PST
Roman life at the provinces town	3	08 Nov 2022 3:02 p.m. PST
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Second Mantinea at SELWG	7	07 Nov 2022 3:01 p.m. PST
10mm Adler	3	02 Nov 2022 12:11 p.m. PST
Society of Ancients Conference	2	01 Nov 2022 10:31 a.m. PST
Comitatus in 28mm - Unit Base Sizes?	13	01 Nov 2022 9:02 a.m. PST
Slingshot #341, is with the printers …	4	27 Oct 2022 3:57 a.m. PST
‘The March of the Ten Thousand’ — Why Xenophon’s ...	3	26 Oct 2022 3:26 p.m. PST
15mm sheep	15	25 Oct 2022 4:11 p.m. PST
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Alala! Hoplite Rules	7	21 Oct 2022 12:57 a.m. PST
Ancient British chariots - on YouTube	3	17 Oct 2022 1:45 p.m. PST
Nubian archers - on YouTube	2	17 Oct 2022 7:46 a.m. PST
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Battle for Africa - The Defeat at Heliopolis	1	14 Oct 2022 8:24 p.m. PST
Shield walls examined...	12	13 Oct 2022 12:54 a.m. PST
Elephant cavalry	10	11 Oct 2022 2:43 p.m. PST
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Field of Glory v 3.1	11	10 Oct 2022 6:04 a.m. PST
28mm Armenians?	3	08 Oct 2022 3:14 a.m. PST
Hastings re-fight	5	03 Oct 2022 7:28 a.m. PST
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15mm bow and quiver	6	29 Sep 2022 3:16 a.m. PST
Persians on the Tagus : 5 Madaxeman Reports from Lisbon	3	21 Sep 2022 3:10 p.m. PST
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The 2,000-year-old Wonder Women who inspired the comic	4	16 Sep 2022 6:03 p.m. PST
Re-enactors: Do They Eat 'Period' food at Home?	33	15 Sep 2022 11:16 a.m. PST
When a Warrior Queen took Down an Emperor	1	14 Sep 2022 7:48 p.m. PST
Intact Etruscan tombs from 2nd century BC found	3	11 Sep 2022 9:18 p.m. PST
15mm Harpist	10	11 Sep 2022 5:49 a.m. PST
15mm punic war figures	15	07 Sep 2022 12:21 p.m. PST
The Kyivan Rus on the M4 road to Reading	5	03 Sep 2022 7:03 a.m. PST
Disaster at Ankara	1	29 Aug 2022 8:19 p.m. PST
Legendary Mercenary Armies From History	10	29 Aug 2022 2:44 p.m. PST
ROMAN RUINS FROM UNDER WATER	1	29 Aug 2022 7:55 a.m. PST
Skirmish rules for Classical Greek	11	29 Aug 2022 4:48 a.m. PST
WRG Ancients Tournaments NE US	5	26 Aug 2022 10:16 a.m. PST
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28mm Armored Elephant	6	22 Aug 2022 6:37 a.m. PST
15mm Hoplite Shield Decals	9	18 Aug 2022 4:16 p.m. PST
54mm Shield Transfers	4	16 Aug 2022 10:26 p.m. PST
Tarzan Fresco and Trojan War Questions	12	16 Aug 2022 6:38 a.m. PST
Net Reconstruction - A basic Step in Traffic Analysis	4	14 Aug 2022 2:38 p.m. PST
Xyston 15mm- Still available	8	10 Aug 2022 7:38 p.m. PST
Celtic-Roman museum in Manching	5	10 Aug 2022 2:48 p.m. PST
Ancient Dorians	10	09 Aug 2022 2:38 p.m. PST
The Worst Roman Defeats	5	09 Aug 2022 2:31 p.m. PST
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Vikings versus Toltecs	15	03 Aug 2022 12:30 p.m. PST
New book on Ancient and Medieval history of Indochina	11	03 Aug 2022 12:26 p.m. PST
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Recommend 6mm Ancients Rules	22	02 Aug 2022 3:13 a.m. PST
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Late Roman costume and shields	7	29 Jul 2022 9:02 a.m. PST
Age of Hannibal 6mm Spanish Army	6	28 Jul 2022 10:33 a.m. PST
Age of Hannibal 6mm Numidian Army	7	28 Jul 2022 10:30 a.m. PST
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Phil Sabins Legion Game?	3	27 Jul 2022 10:29 a.m. PST
A Masterfully Woven History of the Battle of Actium	5	26 Jul 2022 2:45 p.m. PST
Sabot basing for Medieval & Dark Age 28mm	6	24 Jul 2022 4:21 a.m. PST
Iphicrates’ Reforms	8	20 Jul 2022 3:02 p.m. PST
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Missing legion lost in the north	6	25 Jun 2022 12:58 a.m. PST
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Roman Britain's Missing Legion	23	23 Jun 2022 7:02 p.m. PST
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