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Cross-Post: Achaemenid Clothing, and Linen Armour
Cross-Post: Roman Army School in Durham, 22-25 March 2024
Cross-Post: Panel on Polybius at Celtic Classics Conference, Cardiff UK, 9-12 July 2024
Many Faces of War 2024 Call for Papers, and Why I Won’t Attend
The International Ancient Warfare Conference Many Faces of War conference will take place in roughly June or July 2024 at Brookings, South Dakota. I attach the Call for Papers then my reply to the organizers why I do not expect to attend this one as I did in 2022 and 2023.
Cross-Post: Deeds of Arms Series
Cross-Post: Chris Dobson’s “Beaten Black and Blue”

Armour scholar Chris Dobson has released a new book: Beaten Black and Blue: The Myth of the Medieval Knight in Shining Armour. This will be a limited edition like an academic monograph to make sure its available for armour scholars centuries to come. I have ordered a copy.
- A4 Format printed hardback, 322 pages,
- 376 illustrations, almost all colour.
- £79.95 GBP plus shipping.
- Website https://renaissancedissident.com/medieval-armour-colour-finishes.html
- Information booklet https://renaissancedissident.com/pdfs/Beaten%20Black%20and%20Blue%20Leaflet.pdf