Justin D. Lyons, Author at HistoryNet

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How Saladin Became A Successful War Leader

by Justin D. Lyons2/20/20242/20/2024

How Saladin, Egypt’s first Sultan, unified his allies and won the admiration of his foes.

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Caesar Thought Gaul Was an Easy Target—Until a Vicious New Enemy Rose Up Against Him

by Justin D. Lyons9/11/20239/11/2023

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Alexander the Great Captured This Island With Innovative Engineering and—As Usual—His Personal Bravery

by Justin D. Lyons4/10/20234/10/2023

1755 engraving reasonably depicts the walls of circumvallation built by the Spartans during their 429–427 bc siege.

The Defense of Plataea Proved a Textbook Example of How to Survive a Siege

by Justin D. Lyons4/5/20234/5/2023

Based on a 1585 drawing by Diego Muñoz Camargo, this 1892 image depicts Hernán Cortés and his Tlaxcalan allies engaging Aztec warriors

The Warriors Who Nearly Destroyed Cortés—Before Joining Him

by Justin D. Lyons5/10/20224/26/2024

At the Gates of Rome, by Don Hollway

Book Review: At the Gates of Rome / The Fall of the Eternal City, AD 410

by Justin D. Lyons4/7/20224/26/2024

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Vendetta: Athens vs. Sicily

by Justin D. Lyons5/5/20212/4/2022

Odyssey of the Ten Thousand

by Justin D. Lyons8/27/20203/29/2022

Mutiny on the Rhine

by Justin D. Lyons3/17/20203/20/2020

Rebel with a Lost Cause

by Justin D. Lyons3/29/20193/7/2019