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

 

Roman Soldier vs Dacian Warrior: Dacian Wars AD 85–106

By Murray Dahm

Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava

Crossing the Danube

Here we see Roman legionaries crossing the Danube at Viminacium (near Kostolac, Serbia) on a pontoon bridge of boats. The crossing may have been, instead, at Lederata (modern Rama, Serbia), 27km north-east; others propose several other crossings (reconstructions have two columns, even three). Much of the column having already passed, here is the main body of troops – the standards march in a body further to the front of the column. Observing the passing of the Romans (and undetected by any Roman scouts) are three Dacian warriors, two experienced fighters and a young, inexperienced tarabostes, keen to prove himself. Clad in tunics and cloaks and carrying sicae of various lengths, they will count the invading troops and report back to Decebalus the strength of the enemy they face.

Artwork requested by Daniel Figueroa Giraldez.

 

German Troops in the American Revolution (2): Hannover, Braunschweig, Hessen-Hanau, Waldeck, Ansbach-Bayreuth, and Anhalt-Zerbst

By Robbie MacNiven

Illustrated by Marco Capparoni

HESSEN-HANAU
1: Grenadier, Infanterie-Regiment Erbprinz
2: Cannoneer, Hessen-Hanau Artillery Company
3: Light infantryman, Hessen-Hanau Freikorps

Artwork requested by William Bisson.

 

Royal Navy Grand Fleet 1914–18: Britain’s last supreme naval fleet

By Angus Konstam

Illustrated by Edouard A. Groult

THE GRAND FLEET ACCEPTS THE GERMAN SURRENDER, 1918

At 1100hrs on 11 November 1918, the Armistice came into effect, the guns fell silent and the war came to an end. As part of the agreement, the German High Seas Fleet was to leave Wilhelmshaven, cross the North Sea and surrender to the Grand Fleet off the Scottish coast. Then it would be led north to Scapa Flow, where it would be interned until the peace talks were concluded. Ten days later, at 0900hrs on 21 November, the unarmed ships of the German fleet arrived off the Firth of Forth and steamed in line ahead, passing between two lines of Allied ships, whose crews stood ready to open fire on their old enemy if there was any sign of resistance.

This illustration captures the scene that morning, as the first of the German ships passes between the Allied ships. The German battlecruisers, at the head of the German line, are led by the light cruiser HMS Cardiff. Following astern of the cruiser is the battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz, followed by the other remaining German battlecruisers, SMS Moltke, SMS Hindenburg, SMS Derfflinger and SMS Von der Tann. Further astern of the battlecruisers are the dreadnoughts of the German battlefleet, in line astern, led by the fleet flagship, SMS Friedrich der Grosse. This scene, being recorded here by a film crew, was the tangible evidence of the Grand Fleet’s victory in the war at sea. For the crew watching this amazing historic event, this was the moment for which they had spent four long years waiting.