Powell is a top-notch military historian whose work on ancient military strategy I’ve been devouring for years. His own biography of Tiberius is about to get released and promises to be a must-read. Make sure you get a copy: (2/12) www.amazon.com/Tiberius-Mas...

I’ve been fortunate—the 2023 meme appears to have been quite accurate. A lot of people do, indeed, seem to want to think quite frequently about the Roman Empire—especially those with an interest in strategy & policymaking. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20... Some additional reviews below: (3/12)

In The Critic: (4/12) thecritic.co.uk/a-commanding...

In The National Review: (5/12) www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...

In The New Criterion: (6/12) newcriterion.com/dispatch/the...

By the good folks at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies: (7/12) hcss.nl/news/hcss-ch...

And for podcast aficionados you can check out this conversation with the always excellent Aaron MacLean on School of War: (8/12) podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/e...

Finally, for those wishing to further whet their appetite, you can check out the book’s thoughtful and elegantly framed foreword by the renowned British classicist Sir Peter Stothard here…(9/12)

..and here…You can also purchase the audiobook version (brilliantly narrated by Malk Williams) on Spotify, Apple and other similar platforms open.spotify.com/show/3XSXF2Z... (10/12)

And finally, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the fact that the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) sponsored much of the research that went into this book. Over the decades, ONA remained one of the few institutions with an appreciation for the value of granularly conducted military history.(11/12)