Mercenaries of the Ancient World - Serge Yalichev - hardcover TG Working to gain allies among

Working to gain allies among scholarly brain-people and shifty ratfolk

They take a dangerous job smuggling weapons to a world conquered by militant hobgoblins

or pickelhaube

Drizzt contemplates returning to the lightless underworld city and murderous lifestyle he abandoned

a resurgent and bellicose Russia took over Crimea and fueled a civil war in Eastern Ukraine

Mercenaries of the Ancient World - Serge Yalichev - hardcover TG Working to gain allies amongFighting for payment rather than patriotism is a phenomenon perhaps as old as the art of war itself and in this comprehensive and highly readable book Serge Yalichev analyses the multifarious roles played by mercenaries and auxiliary forces in the byzantine power struggles of the ancient world. Focusing in each case on the particular circumstances in which mercenaries were employed, the author puts a new perspective on the events of ancient history: