Liability for military service, and ephebic service, seems to have been practically universal. Lysias informs us (On the Refusal of a Pension 24.13) that in Athens an invalid was entitled to draw a pension of one obol a day.

• Ancient History
• Ancient Greece

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Hear from designer Peter Ridgeway all about the process that brought our new board game Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River to life...

• Board Game
• Design Diary

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This month's book vote sees five Combat Aircraft titles battling for your support. Read the full descriptions and have your say by visiting the Book Vote page. Plus, check out the results of last month's New Vanguard vote.

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One of the more glamourous aspects of the Pacific War was the idealized picture of United States Navy (USN) PT Boats racing under fire to attack Japanese surface ships many times their size. Using their bravery and torpedoes, PT Boats were devastatingly effective, at least according to wartime propaganda. The reality of PT operations was much different but was still a compelling story.

• Naval
• WWII

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Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River is out today! Read on to find out more...

• Board Game

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Ovid provides several unique insights into the warfare of the Dacians and Getae and the Sarmatians who surrounded and threatened Tomis. It is an evocative picture that does much to add to our understanding of warfare on that edge of the empire.

• Soldier

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My latest book for Osprey examines land warfare in the past several decades, the current state of play, and, getting out the metaphorical crystal ball, forward into the next 20 years or so to take an educated guess at what ground combat will look like.

• Soldier

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WW2 armour expert and Osprey author Steven J. Zaloga recently appeared on an episode of James Holland and Al Murray’s We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast to chat about the top tanks of WW2.

• Tanks

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Today we're showing three pieces of artwork from our May 2025 series books! Let us know in the comments which books you'd like to see featured in our June 2025 Artwork Reveal!

• Artwork Reveal

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