Paul Chrystal studied Latin and Greek at the University of Hull and then specialized in Latin love poetry for his MPhil at the University of Southampton. He is the author of many works including both local and Classical history, most recently Roman Military Disasters, published by Pen & Sword in 2015\. He has contributed as a feature writer to the Daily Express and is frequently on BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Tees and BBC World Service. He lives in York.
'Chrystal's work has given us a study remarkable for its detail and the breadth of its scope, an analysis backed up with ample referencing... a work of considerable scholarship and insight, one that anyone with an interest in ancient warfare will not be able to ignore'. - DR STANLEY IRELAND, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK.