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The Marian Reforms were a set of the reforms introduced to the Roman army in the late 2nd century BCE by Roman general and politician Gaius Marius (157-86 BCE). Through these reforms, the Roman army was transformed from a semi-professional...

Gypsum panel showing the Assyrian army attacking the Egyptian city of Memphis and commemorating the final victory of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal II over the Egyptian king Taharqa in 667 BCE. Panel 17, Room M of the North Palace at Nineveh...

A lithograph propaganda poster encouraging support of the Red Army by an unknown artist, 1919. The poster features two figures: on the right a soldier in a cossack-style hat and coat, holding a rifle, and on the left a proletarian worker...

A 19th-century illustration showing officers and sepoys (Indian recruits) of the East India Company's Madras army.

A photograph of the Salute to the Red Army, a concert held in celebration of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 21 February 1943. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden (1897-1977...

An artist's impression of the Nabatean army in battle, here recognised by their shields. The Nabatean kingdom was an Arab kingdom that arose in the 4th century BCE until its annexation by Rome in 106 CE. (From the PC game Total War: Rome...

A September 1941 photograph of Red Army soldiers in the defensive trenches built during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945...

An artist's impression of the Sabean army in battle. The kingdom of Saba was located in southern Arabia and flourished between the 8th century BCE and 275 CE. (From the PC game Total War: Rome II - Desert Kingdoms by the Creative Assembly)

Alabaster bas-relief depicting an attack on a city by the Assyrian army. Detail of Panel 5 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 865-860 BCE. The British Museum, London.

A photograph showing Soviet Red Army troops on skis at the entrance of the Hermitage Museum. Taken during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) from September 1941 to January 1944 during the Second World War (1939-45)