Ross Cowan is a British historian and author specialising in

Roman military history The military history of ancient Rome is inseparable from its political system, based from an early date upon competition within the ruling elite. Two consuls were elected each year to head the government of the state, and in the early to mid-Re ...

Education and career

Cowan studied at the

University of Glasgow , image = UofG Coat of Arms.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms Flag , latin_name = Universitas Glasguensis , motto = la, Via, Veritas, Vita , ...

, completing an MA in classical civilisation in 1997 and a PhD in history in 2003. His doctoral thesis was on the

Praetorian Guard The Praetorian Guard (Latin: ''cohortēs praetōriae'') was a unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors. During the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guard were an escort fo ...

and

Legio II Parthica Legio II Parthica ("Parthian-conquering Second Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 197 by the emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence the ''cognomen'' ''Parthica''. T ...

, entitled ''Aspects of the Severan Field Army AD 193–238''. Since earning his PhD Cowan has been an

independent scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researcher ...

, writing books on Roman military history for

Osprey Publishing Osprey Publishing is a British, Oxford-based, publishing company specializing in military history. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces ov ...

Greenhill Books Lionel Leventhal is a British publisher of books on military history and related topics, whose eponymous company was established in 1967. History After working in a bookshop (1954–1956), Leventhal joined the publishing company of Herbert Jenk ...

and

Pen & Sword Books Pen and Sword Books, also stylised as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects; factual non-fiction, primarily ...

Publications

* ''For the Glory of Rome: A History of Warriors and Warfare '' * ''Roman Conquests: Italy '' * ''Roman Battle Tactics 109 BC–AD 313 '' * ''Roman Legionary 109-58 BC: The Age of Marius, Sulla and Pompey the Great '' * ''Roman Legionary 58 BC–AD 69 '' * ''Roman Legionary AD 69-161 '' * ''Imperial Roman Legionary AD 161-284 '' * ''Roman Legionary AD 284-337: The Age of Diocletian and Constantine the Great'' * ''Milvian Bridge AD 312: Constantine's Battle for Empire and Faith '' * ''Roman Guardsman 62 BC–AD 324 '' Contributor to ''Ancient Egypt'', ''Ancient Warfare'', , ''Historia'', ''Medieval Warfare'', ''

Military History Monthly ''Military History Matters'' is a bi-monthly military history magazine, published by Current Publishing. The magazine was established in October 2010 as ''Military Times'' and became ''Military History Monthly'' in November 2011. It obtained its ...

'' and ''

Military Illustrated ''Military Illustrated'' was a long-running military history magazine first published in the United Kingdom by Military Illustrated Ltd founded by Martin Windrow (editor) and Alan Greene. The magazine was subsequently sold to Publishing News Ltd. ...

''. Chapters in J. Turfa (ed.), ''The Etruscan World'' and C. Koepfer et al, ''Die römische Armee im Experiment''.

References

External links

Academia.edu
*https://about.me/rosscowan {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, Ross Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British historians Alumni of the University of Glasgow