HiMA: revue internationale d’Histoire Militaire Ancienne was founded in 2015, under the impetus of Giusto Traina, taking over from RÉMA: Revue des Études Militaires Anciennes. HiMA is published in print and digital format. The journal covers military history, warfare and societies in the ancient worlds (Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Late Antiquity). Military history has many facets: not only the more strictly technical issues such as strategy and tactics, or logistics and armaments, but also economics and law, and social and institutional history. Event history, based on military and diplomatic activities, which continues to be disparaged as ‘battle history’, makes it possible to contextualise the multiple relationships between the various ancient human societies and war. For war is not just a history of battles: it is deeply rooted in the structures of each society, where it represents the rule rather than the exception; the Ancients were well aware of this.
The journal covers a geographical area corresponding to the ancient Mediterranean world in its broadest sense (Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Late Antiquity). Open to other civilisations (China, Central Asia), particularly from a comparative perspective, the journal also aims to examine the posthumous influence of ancient military thought on Byzantium and the modern world.
The international, multilingual journal HiMA is published once a year and features thematic dossiers, a variety of articles, columns and book reviews.
Informed public—teachers, researchers and students—in the fields of military history, warfare and societies in the ancient worlds (Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Late Antiquity).
Scientifically edited by Orient & Méditerranée (UMR 8167 CNRS, Sorbonne Université), HiMA is published by the Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté (PUFC), based in France, with the support of ISTA (Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l’Antiquité, UR 4011, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur). It is an international and multilingual journal released annually. The journal made the transition to digital publishing via PREO in 2026 and is now published simultaneously in print and digital formats, with the support of the Maison des Sciences sociales et des Humanités (MSH de Dijon – UAR 3516 CNRS, UBE).