Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (/ˈɡoʊldzˌwɜːrði/; born 1969) is a British historian and novelist who specialises in ancient Roman history. Adrian Goldsworthy...
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Caesar, Life of a Colossus is a biography of Julius Caesar written by Adrian Goldsworthy and published in 2006 by Yale University Press. It outlines Caesar's...
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Legion system". Archaeology and Science. 11 2015: 145–154. Data in: Goldsworthy, Adrian (2003). Complete Roman Army. pp. 95–95; Holder, Paul (1980). Studies...
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it was one of the most lethal single days of fighting in history; Adrian Goldsworthy equates the death toll at Cannae to "the massed slaughter of the British...
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II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. It was written by Adrian Goldsworthy and published in 2020 by Head of Zeus in the United Kingdom and Basic...
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investments in social complexity. In The Complete Roman Army (2003) Adrian Goldsworthy, a British military historian, sees the causes of the collapse of...
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Curaj (born 1958), Romanian engineer Adrian Darby (born 1937), British conservationist and academic Adrian Goldsworthy (born 1969), British historian and...
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military encounters are often demonstrably inaccurate; the classicist Adrian Goldsworthy says Livy's "reliability is often suspect", and the historian Philip...
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cit. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Roman Army at War, 100 BC – AD 200, (Oxford, 1996), pp. 179–180 Goldsworthy, The Punic Wars, op. cit. Goldsworthy, 1996...
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pp. 406–407. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, pp. 342–343. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, p. 343. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of...
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Goldsworthy is a Cornish name, from the Cornish language "gol-erewy", meaning field of feast. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Adrian Goldsworthy...
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features and hence adds little to the knowledge of her appearance. Adrian Goldsworthy writes that, despite these representations in the traditional Egyptian...
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historians where Polybius's account is not extant. The classicist Adrian Goldsworthy says Livy's "reliability is often suspect", and the historian Philip...
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Nicomedes' court directly caused allegations of a sexual relationship. Adrian Goldsworthy characterized it as "a very good piece of gossip, playing on well-established...
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fighters disparagingly as "mercenaries", but the modern classicist Adrian Goldsworthy describes this as "a gross oversimplification". They served under...
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of the two armies, but it seems that they had a similar strength. Adrian Goldsworthy suggests that at full strength the 19 Triumvir legions may have amounted...
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entirely subordinated to their augustus, as long as he was alive. Adrian Goldsworthy speculates an alternative explanation for the execution of Crispus...
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magister militum (commander-in-chief of the Roman army). The historian Adrian Goldsworthy writes that "it took a hard-fought campaign by strong elements of...
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Caesar, Life of a Colossus, a 2006 biography of Julius Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy Caesar (band), a Dutch indie rock band Caesars (band), a Swedish garage...
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2006) p. 310. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, p. 233. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, pp 233–234. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage...
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histories of Diodorus Siculus and Dio Cassius, although the classicist Adrian Goldsworthy states that "Polybius' account is usually to be preferred when it...
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are portrayed as limitanei (frontier soldiers). Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy is a short history of the wall. The 1991 American romantic action...
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relied heavily on Polybius), Plutarch and Dio Cassius. The classicist Adrian Goldsworthy states "Polybius' account is usually to be preferred when it differs...
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his provincial legates to command his legions entirely. Historian Adrian Goldsworthy posits that Pius's reluctance to take aggressive military action throughout...
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(Routledge, 1992), p. 11; Pat Southern, Mark Antony (Tempus, 1998), p. ii; Adrian Goldsworthy, Antony and Cleopatra (Yale University Press, 2010), n.p.. According...
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confronting Roman legions in battle, and then discussed the concept with Adrian Goldsworthy, an expert on Roman military history. In comparing a Marine Mechanized...
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written by Nathaniel Ames. Hanson has the fine as five shillings. Adrian Goldsworthy. Caesar: Life of a Colossus. London: Phoenix, 2007. pp. 596–619. Not...
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Politician and Statesman, Peter Needham, translator, Oxford (1968). Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar, Life of a Colossus, Yale University Press (2006). Oxford...
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Egypt and imperialist European powers. (As pointed out by historian Adrian Goldsworthy, however, if there had been any 'great struggle' of civilizations...
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army intact. What Hannibal achieved in extricating his army was, as Adrian Goldsworthy puts it, "a classic of ancient generalship, finding its way into nearly...
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