Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of Western powers. It was the most formidable

This volume provides a basic introduction to warfare as it was practiced in ancient Persia.

Immortal, now in an updated paperback edition, is the only single-volume English-language survey of Iran’s military history. CIA analyst Steven R. Ward shows

A military history of ancient Persia from its founding to the the end of the Sasanid Empire translated from Polish The Armies of Ancient Persia is a translation

The Persian Empire grew in the vacuum left by Assyria's destruction of the Kingdom of Elam (648 BC). Prince Teispes captured Anshan, once a stonghold of the Ela