We also add six new book reviews

EARLY ROMAN HISTORY

The battle of Lake Regillus (499 or 496 BC) was a narrow Roman victory
over the Latin League early in the life of the Republic that helped to
prevent the last of the kings of Rome from regaining his throne.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_lake_regillus.html

The First Veientine War (483-474 B.C.) was the first of three clashes
between Rome and her nearest Etruscan neighbour, the city of Veii.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_veientine1.html

The Second Veientine War (437-434 or 428-425 B.C.) was fought for
control of the crossing over the Tiber at Fidenae, five miles upstream
from Rome.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_veientine2.html

The battle of the Anio (437 or 428 B.C.) was a Roman victory early in
the Second Veientine War that was won after Lars Tolumnius, king of
Veii, was killed in single combat
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_anio.html

The battle of Nomentum (435 or 426 B.C.) was a Roman victory over a
combined army from Veii and Fidenae that was followed by a successful
Roman attack on Fidenae, and possibly by the end of the Second
Veientine War.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_nomentum.html

The siege of Fidenae (435 or 426 B.C.) saw the Romans capture the town
only five miles upstream on the Tiber and eliminate the last Veientine
enclave on the right bank of the Tiber.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/siege_fidenae.html

The Third Veientine War (405-396 B.C.) saw the Roman Republic finally
capture and destroy their closest rival, the Etruscan city of Veii,
after a siege that lasted for ten years
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_veientine3.html

The ten year long siege of Veii (405-396 B.C.) was the main event of
the Third Veientine War and saw the Romans finally conquer their
nearest rival, the Etruscan city of Veii.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/siege_veii.html

The First Gallic Invasion of Italy of 390 B.C. was a pivotal event in
the history of the Roman Republic and saw the city occupied and sacked
for the last time in eight hundred years.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_first_gallic_invasion_italy...

The battle of the Allia (18 July 390 B.C.) was one of the most
embarrassing defeats in Roman history, and left the city defenceless
in the face of a Gallic war band.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_allia.html

The sack of Rome (390 B.C.) was the worst recorded disaster in the
history of the early Roman Republic, and saw a Gallic war band led by
Brennus capture and sack most of the city, after winning an easy
victory on the Allia
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/sack_rome_390bc.html

The battle of the Trausian Plain (c.390-384 B.C.) probably saw an
Etruscan army from the city of Caere defeat all or part of the Gallic
war band that was responsible for the sack of Rome
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_trausian_plain.html

BOOK REVIEWS

Roman Conquests: Italy, Ross Cowan.
A look at the Roman conquest of the Italian Peninsula, the series of
wars that saw Rome transformed from a small city state in central
Italy into a power that was on the verge of conquering the ancient
Mediterranean world. A lack of contemporary sources makes this a
difficult period to write about, but Cowan has produced a convincing
narrative without ignoring some of the complexity.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/cowan_roman_conquests_italy.html

Saracen Strongholds 1100-1500, David Nicole.
The Central and Eastern Islamic Lands, David Nicolle. An effective
introduction or overview of a vast topic, looking at the
fortifications of the Seljuks, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Mongols and
Assassins in an area that stretched from modern Turkey and Egypt east
to India.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/nicolle_saracen_strongholds.html

Nuclear Dawn: The Atomic Bomb from the Manhattan Project to the Cold
War, James P. Delgado.
A look at the development of the Nuclear Bomb from the first research
in radiation, to the wartime development and use of the first atom
bombs and on to the tests at Bikini Atoll and the early years of the
Cold War.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/delgado_nuclear_dawn.html

Hitler's Gulf War - The Fight for Iraq 1941, Barrie G James.
A compelling account of one of the more obscure but important
campaigns of the Second World War, presented from the point of view of
the British, Iraqi and German participants in the Iraqi revolt that
threatened to hand the Germans a commanding position in the Middle
East.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/james_hitlers_gulf_war.html

The Art of Leadership, Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of
Alamein.
This is a revised edition of Monty's classic work on leadership
including a chapter comparing Churchill and Eisenhower that was
excluded from the original work. Of interest both for Montgomery's
thoughts on what made a good leader and for the insight it gives us
into his attitudes towards some of his wartime contemporaries.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookpage/montgomery_art_leadership.html