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Last Updated:
1 Dec. 2007

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Osprey Ancient-Medieval Military History Titles

Osprey's Military History imprints, with their illustrations of arms and equipment and colour imprints of soldiers in their gear, are a primary resource for many wargamers struggling with the questions of what miniatures are historically appropriate and how to paint them. The following is a collection of currently available Osprey titles covering subjects in the ancient-medieval period. Osprey titles are published in the following series:

| Men-at-Arms | Elite | Warrior | Campaign | New Vanguard |
| Essential Histories | Special Editions | Fortress Series |


Men-at-Arms Series

Information on the uniforms, insignia and appearance of the world's fighting men of the past and present. Published in a 48 page format with approximately 40 photographs and diagrams, and eight full color plates.

The Ancient World

Roman Army: Caesar to Trajan (46/1)
Roman Army: Hadrian to Constantine (46/2) [New Trade Edition]
The Greek & Persian Wars 500-323 BC (69)
Ancient Armies of the Middle East (109)
Armies of the Carthaginian Wars (121)
Rome's Enemies: Germanics & Dacians (129/1)
The Skythians 700-300 BC (137)
The Army of Alexander the Great (148)
Rome's Enemies: Gallic & British Celts (158/2)
Rome's Enemies: Parthians & Sassanids (175/3)
Rome's Enemies: Spanish Armies 218 - 19 BC (180/4)
Ancient Chinese Armies 1500-200 BC (218)
Rome's Enemies: The Desert Frontier (243/5)
Early Roman Armies (283)
Imperial Chinese Armies: 200 BC - 589 AD (284)
Republican Roman Armies 200-104 BC (291)
The Thracians (360)
The Sarmatians (373)
Roman Military Clothing (1) (100 BC - 20 AD) (374)
Roman Military Clothing (2) 200-400 AD (390)
Roman Military Clothing (3) 400-640 (425)

The Medieval World

Medieval European Armies (50)
The Landsknechts (58)
German Medieval Armies 1300-1500 (66)
Armies of the Crusades (75)
Saxon, Viking & Norman (85)
Byzantine Armies 886-1118 (89)
The Swiss at War 1300-1500 (94)
Medieval Heraldry (99) [New Trade Edition]
The Conquistadores (101)
The Mongols (105)
Armies of Crecy and Poitiers (111)
Armies of Agincourt (113)
Armies of Islam, 7th-11th C. (125)
Italian Medieval Armies 1300-1500 (136)
Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300-1774 (140)
Armies of Medieval Burgundy 1364-1477 (144)
Wars of the Roses (145) [New Trade Edition]
The Age of Charlemagne (150) [New Trade Edition]
The Scottish & Welsh Wars (151) [New Trade Edition]
Arthur & Anglo-Saxon Wars (154) [New Trade Edition]
Knights of Christ (155) [New Trade Edition]
Saladin & the Saracens (171)
Hungary & the Fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568 (195)
El Cid & Reconquista 1050-1492 (200)
The Venetian Empire 1200-1670 (210)
The Age of Tamerlane (222)
French Medieval Armies 1000-1300 (231)
Aztec, Mixtec and Zapotec Armies (239)
Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th C. (247)
Medieval Chinese Armies (251)
Armies of the Muslim Conquest (255)
The Irish Wars 1485-1603 (256)
The Mamluks 1250-1517 (259)
Byzantine Armies 1118-1464 (287)
Imperial Chinese Armies: 590-1260 AD (295)
German Medieval Armies 1000-1300 (310)
Henry V and the Conquest of France 1416-1453 (317)
Armies of the Caliphates, 862-1098 AD (320)
Armies of Medieval Russian, 750-1252 AD (333)
French Armies of the Hundred Years War 1328-1429 (337)
The Moors: The Islamic West 7th-15th Centuries (348)
Medieval Russian Armies 1250-1500 (367)
Roman Military Clothing (1) 100 BC - AD 200 (374)
The German Peasants War 1524-1526 (384)
Medieval Scandinavian Armies 1100-1300 (396)
Medieval Scandinavian Armies 1300-1500 (399)
Hussite Wars (409)
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (418)
Armies of Ivan the Terrible 1505-1700 (425)
Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 11th-15th Centuries (436)


Elite Series

Detailed information on the uniforms and insignia of the world's most famous military forces. Each 64 page book contains approximately 50 pictures and diagrams and 12 pages of full color artwork.

The Vikings (3)
The Ancient Greeks 5th and 4th C. BC (7) [New Trade Edition]
The Normans (9) [New Trade Edition]
Knights at Tournament (17) [New Trade Edition]
The Crusades  (19)
The Samurai  (23)
Medieval Siege Warfare (28) [New Trade Edition]
Attila and the Nomad Hordes (30) [New Trade Edition]
Early Samurai  (35)
The Ancient Assyrians (39) [New Trade Edition]
New Kingdom Egypt (40) [New Trade Edition]
The Persian Army 560-330 BC (42)
The Praetorian Guard (50) [New Trade Edition]
The Janissaries (58)
The Spartan Army (66) [New Trade Edition]
Samurai Heraldry  (82)
Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642 (110)
Mounted Archers of the Steppe 600 BC AD 1300 (120)
Ancient Siege Warfare (121)
Samurai Commanders (1) AD 950-1576 (125)
Seige Warfare in the Roman World (126)
The Mycenaeans 1650-710 BC (130)
Roman Battle Tactics 109 BC AD 313 (155)


Warrior Series

Armor, weapons, tactics and motivation of the fighting men of history. 64 page format includes cutaways and expanded artwork of weapons and armor.

Norman Knight 950-1204 AD (1) [New Trade Edition]
Viking Hersir 793-1066 AD (3)
Anglo-Saxon Thegn 449-1066 AD (5)
Samurai 1550-1600 (7)
Late Roman Infantryman 236-568 (9) [New Trade Edition]
Saracen Faris 1050-1250 AD (10)
The English Longbowman 1330-1515 (11) [New Trade Edition]
Late Roman Cavalryman 236-568 (15)
Germanic Warrior 236-568 (17) [New Trade Edition]
Knights of Outremer 1187-1344 (18)
Italian Militiaman 1260-1392 (25)
Greek Hoplite 480-323 BC (27)
Ashigaru 1467-1649 (29)
Celtic Warrior (30)
Aztec Warrior 1325-1521 AD (32)
Knight Hospitaller (1) 1100 - 1306 (33)
English Medieval Knight --1500 Century (35)
Gladiators: 100 BC-200 AD (39)
The Conquistador 1492 - 1550 (40)
Knight Hospitaller (2) 1306 - 1565 (41)
English Medieval Knight 1200-1300 (48)
Landskecht Soldier 1486-1560 (49)
Pictish Warrior 297-841 (50)
English Medieval Knight 1300-1400 (58)
Ninja 1460-1650 (64)
Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603 (70)
Roman Legionary 58BC ­ 69AD (71)
Imperial Roman Legionary 161-244 AD (72)
Mongol Warrior 1200-1350 AD (84)
Knight Templar 1120-1312 AD (91)
Carolingian Cavalryman AD 768-987 (96)
Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman AD 14-193 (101)
Macedonian Warrior (103)
Tudor Knight (104)
The Hun: Scourge of God (111)
Condottiere 1300-1500 (115)
Byzantine Infantryman (118)
Hittite Warrior (120)
Soldier of the Pharoah (121)
Teutonic Knight 1190-1561 (124)


Campaign Series

Concise, authoriative accounts of decisive encounters in military history. Each 96 page book contains more than 90 illustrations including maps, orders of battle and color plates, plus three-dimensional battle maps that trace the critical stages of the campaign.

Alexander 334-323 BC (7)
Agincourt 1415: Triumph Against the Odds (9) [New Trade Edition]
Hastings 1066 (revised edition) (13)
Hattin 1187: Saladin's Greatest Victory (19)
Qadesh 1300 BC (22) [New Trade Edition]
Yarmuk 636 AD: The Muslim Conquest of Syria (31)
Cannae 216 BC (36)
Fornovo 1495 : France's Bloody Fighting Retreat (43)
Pavia 1525: The Climax of the Italian Wars (44)
Lake Peipus 1242: The Battle of the Ice (46)
Malta 1565: Last Battle of the Crusades (50)
Granada 1492: The Twilight of Moorish Spain (53) [New Trade Edition]
Nagashino 1575 : Slaughter at the Barricades (60)
Nicopolis 1396 : The Last Crusade (64)
Bosworth 1485 : Last Charge of the Plantagenets (66) [New Trade Edition]
Crecy 1346: Triumph of the Longbow (71)
Constantinople 1453: The End of Byzantium (78)
Adrianople 378 AD (84)
Orleans 1429 AD: France Turns the Tide (94)
Kalka River 1223: Ghenghiz Kahn's Mongols Invade Russia (98)
Bannockburn 1314 (102)
Marathon 490 BC (108)
Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297-1298 (117)
Towton 1461  (121)
Tannenberg AD 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights (122)
Kawanakajima 1553­64 (Campaign 130)
Tewksbury 1471  (131)
First Crusade 1096-1099 (132)
Poitiers 1356 (138)
Acre 1291 (154)
The Third Crusade 1191 (161)
Otterburn 1388 (164)
Flodden 1513 (168)
Pharsalus 48 BC (174)
Granicus 334 BC (182)
Thermopylae 480 BC (188)


New Vanguard

Seige Warfare of the Far East (1): 617-1300 AD (43)
Seige Weapons of the Far East (2) 960-1640 AD (44)
Viking Longship (47)
Medieval Siege Weapons (1) Western Europe AD 585 - 1385 (58)
Medieval Siege Weapons (2) Byzantium, Islam, and India AD 475 - 1526 (69)
Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399BC ­ 363AD (78)
Greek and Roman Artillery 399 BC - AD 363 (89)
Bronze Age War Chariots


Essential Histories

The Crusades, (EH1) (March 2001)
Campaigns of the Norman Conquest (EH12) (Nov. 2001)
The Punic Wars 264 - 146 BC (EH16) (Feb. 2002)
The Hundred Years War 1337 ­ 1453 (EH19) (Oct. 2002)
Rome at War AD 293 ­ 696 (EH21) (Nov. 2002)
The Wars of Alexander the Great (EH26) (July 2002)
The Peloponnesian War 431 ­ 404 BC (EH27) (Dec. 2002)
Byzantium at War AD 600 - 1453 (EH33) (Sept. 2002)
The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC (EH36) (Feb. 2003)
Caesar's Civil War (EH42) (Dec. 2002)
Caesar's Gallic Wars 58 ­ 50BC (EH43) (Dec. 2002)
War in Japan AD 1467-1615 (EH46) (Aug. 2002)
The War of the Roses AD 1455-1485 (EH54) (April 2003)
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Conquests AD 1455-1485 (EH57) (July 2003)
The Spanish Invasion of Mexico 1519-1521 (April 2004) (EH60)
The Ottoman Empire AD 1326-1699 (Oct. 2003) (EH62)
Ancient Israel at War (853-586 BC) (Feb. 2007) (EH67)


Special Editions

Alexander the Great: His Armies and Campaigns 334-323 BC
Hannibal's War With Rome: The Armies and Campaigns 216 BC
Caesar's Legions: The Roman Soldier 753 BC to 117 AD
Barbarians Against Rome: Rome's Celtic, Germanic, Spanish and Gallic Enemies
Landmarks of History: The Norman Conquest


Fortress Series

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1) The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230­1466 (11)
Norman Stone Castles (1) The British Isles 1066-1216 (13)
Fortifications in Wessex c. 800­1066 (14).
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights 2: Baltic Stone Castles 1184-1560 (19).
Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450-1650
Russian Fortresses: 1480-1682
Ancient Greek Fortifications: 500-300 BC
Forts of Celtic Britain


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