International Ancient Warfare Conference

Next Conference

Hosted by Midwest Ancient Warfare Network (MAWN)

June 22-24, 2023
Hybrid online, Sioux Falls, SD.

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Stabbing with sicae and sibynae: Arms, armour and tactics of Illyrian hoplites Florian Feil, Ph.D. student, University of Trier
The Sparabara: Reassessing Achaemenid Persian Infantry Equipment and Tactics Jeffrey Rop, University of Minnesota Duluth

"Attitudes towards Killing in War in Xenophon’s Writings“ Lennart Gilhaus, University of Bonn
Secretive Spartans: Herodotus’ views towards secret communication in Persia and Sparta and its effect on post-Herodotean sources Martine Diepenbroek, Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg.

Warriors who neither know victory nor defeat from Messapia: the reliefs on the base from Ugento Carlo Lualdi, Ph.D. candidate, Warwick University currently in annual exchange at La Sapienza University, Rome.
One Final Siege: The Trojan War as the Expedition’s Capstone Ronald Blankenborg, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands Violence on Archaic and Classical Crete: A New Perspective through Digital Humanities Jesse Obert, Ph.D. candidate, University of California, Berkeley

Feminine Valor: The Empress’s virtues in Roman Propaganda Julia Wetzel, Ph.D. student, University of North Texas
"Dying for ‘doing’: Mythical Athenian heroines in times of war." Ioannis Mitsios, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Women’s Agency in Hellenistic Warfare: Queens on the Battlefield. Hatin Boumehache Erjali, PhD Candidate and Predoctoral Fellow, University of the Basque Country.

Hans Delbrück and the Study of Ancient Warfare Roel Konijnendijk, University of Edinburgh
Traumatic Brain Injury in Roman War Brendan McCarthy, Utah Valley University
Great Power Rivalry in Sixth Century BCE China John F. Sullivan, University of Hawaii

The Mechanics of Battle in the Sixth-Century (CE) Roman Empire Conor Whateley, University of Winnipeg
Chaotic Endeavors: Gallienus’ Efforts in Saving Rome in the Crisis of the Third Century Avery Sage, South Dakota State University
Iranian Historical Traditions and the Campaigns of Gordian III and Galerius Byron Waldron, University of Sydney

The Appropriation of women in Classical Literature in support of the Great War by the Girls’ Own paper Phyllis Brighouse, University of Liverpool
From Julius Caesar to the Bletchley Park: The Journey of Caesar Cipher from Republican Rome to the Machine Age Amanthee Pussepitiya, University of Peradeniya
When East Meets West: European Empires’ Recruitment of Muslim Fighters from Ancient to Modern Times Otman Bychou, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco

Ancient warfare and sacrorum canonum contemptores Despina Iosif, Hellenic Open University and College
Year in Athens Re-evaluating Tertullian’s Attitudes towards Warfare and Soldiering Joshua Littell, Ph.D. student, University of Exeter

Illa uero pars calliditatis egregia et ab omni reprehensione procul remota... Hannibal, the Carthaginians and the stratagems in Valerius Maximus Gabriele Brusa, University of Pavia, PhD candidate
Questioning the “decisive battle” model: the case of the Metaurus Fabrizio Biglino, Universitá degli Studi di
Torino The Seeds of Sedition: Hannibal’s Italian Strategy and the Social War Charles W. Oughton, Brigham Young University

Deterrence and Self-representation: the Roman Headquarters at Syracuse Borja Vertedor Ballesteros, PhD Candidate, University of the Balearic Islands
Xanthippos’ arrival in Carthage as an underappreciated catalyst in the First Punic War Dan Powers, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Defeating the ‘Other Romans of Central Italy’: Explaining Roman Strategic Success in the Samnite Wars Henry Moore, PhD candidate, the Centre for War Studies at the University of Hull
“Fighting Skirmishes, Small Wars, and Irregular engagements in Ptolemaic Egypt.” Paul Johstono, US Air Force's Air Command & Staff College in Montgomery, AL.

The Impact of the Tacfarinian Revolt Beyond Africa Jared Kreiner, Christopher Newport University The battle of Panium: A reassessment Graham Wrightson, South Dakota State University
The classification of Classical and Hellenistic ships of the Mediterranean Bryant Ahrenberg, PhD Candidate, University of Auckland

Scripturus bella regum cum gentibus adversis (HF I Praef.): Wars, battles and violence in the first book of Historia Francorum. Davide Vago, Università degli Studi di
Genova War at night: Valerius Flaccus’ imitative technique in the nyktomachy described at 3.14-272 Lorenzo Vespoli, Université de Genève, PhD Candidate
From battle to text: The word Actium in Latin literature as resource for identity and geographic monumentality Nelson Henrique da Silva Ferreira, Centre of Classical and Humanistic Studies of University of Coimbra

Homer’s Boar Tusk Helmets Samuel Azzopardi, University of Malta
A Roman Icon: Depicting an Accurate Image of the Scutum Avery Sage, South Dakota State University Get to the Point: What Questions Should We Ask About a Spear? Sean Manning, Independent Scholar

Punishing Deserters and Traitors in Roman Warfare 700 BC – AD 120 Gaius Stern, University of California, Berkeley
The Suspension of the War-Tax (Tributum): A Short-Sighted Decision? François Gauthier, University of British Columbia
The Roman Triumph and Collective Military Identity during the Republic. Jon Manley, Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University, Bloomington