David Bowman

A sorry for himself Athenian mathematician, exiled from Athens on pain of death. But for Carthage his theories could lead to a navigation system. Anaxagoras has a choice. Help the natural enemies of Athens or fade into obscurity? Hanno wants his man; and his secrets to accurate navigation. Its 450BC and Hanno now knows he needs just one piece for the picture; to take Cartage on to its destiny.

With the installation of a new dynasty and the end of the civil war, Carthage hopes to rebuild the peace it had prospered in for so long. Sensing weakness, others have different ideas. Suddenly the brave yeomen with their longbows that had stood their ground and won the civil war must fight a different enemy. Out of the east, across the Danube, comes a new enemy. The Parthians are the undisputed masters of horse archery. Finally, the northern longbow...

To stop the raids on their northern frontiers, a punitive fleet is sent north to punish the remaining Viking tribes. Off the cape of Jutland, the Carthaginian galleys finally find the Norse long ship is a formidable craft. Attacking through the snows of Southern Finland, the Army also encounters Norse berserkers for the first time.It is 345AD, and Carthage is sent reeling in defeat.

Over several years the armies of Carthage and Rome have fought each other to a bloody stalemate. Neither can gain a decisive advantage on land. On the sea Carthage's fleet reigns supreme, and the tiny Roman navy is no match for the bigger, faster, more numerous, and better-trained Carthaginians. It is 264 BC, and the First Punic War is going nowhere fast.

After generations of peace, the increasingly violent raids against her northern provinces cause Carthage to raise her battle standards once more. The Scandinavian tribes are bringing misery to Britain and the shores of Gaul. It is time for the military machine to fight again. The invincible galleys of Carthage will face the most fearsome sea-going peoples of all time.It is 319 AD, and Carthage has a new and vicious enemy.

Handro and the forces of Carthage have won the battles, but the other cities of Greece have closed their gates to him and his Spartan allies. The Spartans have stormed Corinth and reduced it to rubble. Handro does not want this fate to befall Thebes and Athens. Can he prevent it? Does the legendary Carthaginian general and diplomat have the necessary skill set? Can he destroy the power of the city-states without destroying the cities themselves? It...

The tribes of Gaul have been a thorn in the side of Carthage for far too long. Penned in by Carthaginian-occupied Spain to the West, Britain to the North, Italy to the East, and the even wilder tribes in across the Rhine, the Gauls must finally fight or die. During one battle, a slave of Roman descent saves a Carthaginian force from certain defeat and annihilation. Given his freedom, he elects to join the meritocratic officer corps of the army of...

After the failed assassination time Handro must act. But has Lysander truly decided to change sides? Why send a Theban? If Sparta has changed sides, what to do with the Spartan garrison troops in Athens? Why are there plumes of thick smoke rising from Thebes, a city that surrendered to him? If Lysander is dead and the Spartans have gone mad with blood lust, is it time to remove this cancer from Greece? If so can he do so without shedding so much blood...

Their borders secure once more, Hannibal II returns in triumph to his home city. As the soldiers of the army are released back into civilian life it is now trade that dominates the agenda.It is 152 AD, and Pax Carthaga has returned. Will Carthage prosper in peace?

Nine years ago, Hansro led his punitive expeditions against the tribes west of the Rhine. Now the Emperor is on the scene, and his huge army is intent on crushing the Goths once and for all. As the campaign starts, Hamilcar III is surprised and ambushed in the Tutenberg forest. Instead of plunging his forces into despair as the Gauls had wanted, his death finally galvanizes the Carthaginian armies into brutal action. For many generations that followed,...