Justin D. Lyons, Author at HistoryNet

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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

They mocked him for challenging Poseidon, god of the sea. But they soon learned Alexander feared nothing.

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. Lyons5/10/20229/2/2022

At the Gates of Rome, by Don Hollway

‘At the Gates of Rome’ Book Review: The Barbarians Who Shaped the Fate of the ‘Eternal City’

by Justin D. Lyons4/7/20225/4/2022

Feature, Stories

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

No Mercy on Malta

by Justin D. Lyons1/7/20182/12/2019

Hernán Cortés: Master of the Conquest

by Justin D. Lyons12/28/20169/2/2022