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Mercenaries of the Ancient World

On sale

26th January 1998

Price: £10.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780094757509

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With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens.