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Extract from Warship 2025

The interwar period was shaped by the two Naval Arms Limitation Treaties, which prohibited the building of new capital ships and placed strict limitations on the reconstruction of existing units. These constraints flew in the face of established practice, which dictated that major warships be constantly updated to take into account progress in technology, particularly with regard to weaponry and propulsion, in order to adapt their offensive and defensive capabilities to the most recent advances and thereby prolong active service life.

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A Centurion’s Tale

It is 1 January 107 BC. Caius Marius has just entered his first consulship and inherited the command of the conflict still raging in Numidia, a war that has thus far swallowed the reputations of three senatorial generals. He has his earlier experiences of Numidian campaigning serving as one of the legati of the distinguished general Quintus Caecilius Metellus, although obviously without the responsibilities of supreme command.

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