The time has come to take the fight to the enemy. How do you prepare? Can you rely on your guides, your allies, and your subordinates? Have you secured enough supplies?

Theme: The challenges of campaigning

• Murray Dahm and Jasper Oorthuys, 'Historical introduction - Take up the challenge'.
  
• Christa Steinby, 'Looting during the war against Perseus - Idle hands...'.
• Valentine Belfiglio, 'The Caledonian use of guerrilla warfare - Septimus Severus in Scotland'.
• Murray Dahm, 'Pompey the Great and book 11 of the Iliad - "Ever be bravest and pre-eminent above all"'.
• Duncan B Campbell, 'Campaigning with the Ten Thousand - Xenophon's challenge'.
• Mike Dobson, 'Roman eco-warriors, part 3 - Armies are thirsty beasts'.

Features:

• Sean Manning, 'A hidden treasure from Denmark - The Hjortspring finds'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The whimsical owl hoplite oinochoe - Marathon remembered?'. 
• Andrew Yamato, 'Reconstructing a muscle cuirass, part I - New copy - old design'.
• Jo Ball, 'A Roman military tombstone from Egypt - From Ares to Ares'.
• Murray Dahm, 'Shield patterns on the Brescia casket - Shields of faith'.
• Duncan B Campbell, 'Scouts on the northern frontier - Areani or Arcani'.