Volume 18 Issue 5 May 1968

Roman Lincoln

J.B. Whitwell describes how a series of excavations since the Second World War has revealed much important detail about Lindum Colonia.

The Siege of Rhodes, 1480

A.D. Lacy describes how, under the leadership of Pierre d’Aubusson, the Knights Hospitallers at Rhodes withstood a ferocious attack by the Turks.

The Fighting Galley

Bryan Waites describes how, both in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, the medieval powers of Europe found that the oared galley was a very effective weapon of war.

Ermine Street

C.E. Carrington describes how, from London to York, and under a succession of Roman Governors, the great road to the north was built during the first century A.D.