In telling the story of the advance and decline in military technology between the rise of Macedon and the fall of Rome, she gives the reader a commendably approachable and lively tour of classical history.

• 在讲述马其顿王朝的兴盛和罗马王朝的衰败期间，军事技术发展的进步和后退时，她让读者经历了一个很好地可接受并且生动的经典历史旅行。