Cornelius Nepos
Crimea(Kaffa)
Croddy, Eric
Croesus
Crosby, Alfred
Crusaders
Ctesias
Cyrus; Cyrus the Younger
Cyzicus
Dacians
Dalmatians
Damascus
Darius
DARPA
Deadly nightshade. See also Belladonna
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. See DARPA.
Defense Department, US. See also DARPA; Pentagon.
Delium
Demetrius Poliorcetes
Deuteronomy
Dio Cassius
Diodorus of Sicily
Dioscorides
Disease; ancient theories of . See also Anthrax; Plague; Smallpox.
Dogs
Domitian
Dura-Europos
Egypt
Elephants
Elijah
Empedocles
Ephyra
Epidemics. See Plague; Smallpox.
Erythrae
Eumenes
Euripides
Excrement
Faraone, Christopher
Fenton, Col. George
Firdawsi
Fire weapons; fire delivered by animals; fire-pots; fire-ships; fire tricks
First Sacred War
Flame-throwers
Florus
Friendly fire, and unexpected consequences of biochemical weapons . See also “Poisoner poisoned.”
Frog, poison
Frontinus
Galatians
Galen
Gauls
Genetic weapons
Geneva Convention
Genghis Khan
Germanic tribes
Glauke
Greek Fire
Grmek, Mirko
Gulf War of 1991; Gulf War syndrome
Gunpowder
Hamaxitius
Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal
Hanson, Victor
Harmatelia
Hasdrubal
Hatra
Hellebore
Hemlock
Henbane
Heptakometes
Hercules
Herod, King
Herodian
Herodotus
Himilco
Hippocrates
Hippolytus
Hitler, Adolf
Hittites
Homer. See also Iliad; Odysseus.
Honey, toxic
Horses
Hydra
Iliad. See also Trojan War.
Incendiaries. See Arrows, flaming; Fire; Naphtha.
India
Indonesia
Insects . See also Bees; Scorpions.
Intoxicants. See also Calmatives; Honey; Wine.
Iraq
Isaura
Ishii, Dr. Shiro
Islamic weapons
Isocrates
Israelites
Japan. See also Ishii, Dr. Shiro.
Jerusalem
Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. See also Pentagon.
Josephus
Julius Africanus
Julius Capitolinus
Justinian
Kaffa
Kallinikos
Kautilya . See also Arthashastra.
Kelsay, John
Kirrha
Kokatnur, Vaman
Koran
Krentz, Peter
Kurds
Laws of Manu
Lelantine War
Lime. See Quicklime.
Livy
Lucan
Lucius Metellus
Lucius Verus
Lucretius
Lucullus
Machaon
Maharbal
Majno, Guido
Malaria
Maltha
Mandrake
Mangonels
Marcus Aurelius
Mari
Marius
Massagetae.
Mecca
Medea
Mehmood, Bashiruddin
Mice. See Rodents.
Mithridates
Mongols. See also Genghis Khan; Kaffa.
Monkeys
Monkshood. See Aconite.
Morgan, David
Muhammad
Muslims. See Islamic weapons; Koran; Muhammad.
Myth, Greek ; Indian ; Mesopotamian; Scythian
Napalm
Naphtha ; naphtha troops.
Naples Campaign of 1494-95
Nasamonians
Nebros
Nebucadnezzar
Nehemiah
Nepal
Neufeld, Edward
Nicander
Nixon, Richard
Noncombatants
Nuclear weapons
Ober, Josiah
Odysseus, Odyssey
Ovid
Panama
Pandora
Paris
Parthia
Partington, James Riddick
Pausanias
Peloponnesian War
Pentagon. See also DARPA.
Penzer, Norman
Persia
Petroleum . See also Maltha; Naphtha.
Philistines
Philoctetes
Phoenicians
Pigs
Pitch or pine resin
Plague ; in Athens; in Babylonia ; bubonic ; in Egypt ; man-made
Plants, poison. See Poisonous plants.
Plataia
Pliny the Elder
Plutarch
Poison gas . See also Smoke.
Poison Maidens
“Poisoner poisoned” motif . See also Friendly Fire.
Poisonous plants
Polyaenus
Polybius
Pompey
Pontus. See also Honey; Mithridates.
Porus
Preston, Robert
Procopius
Projectile weapons . See also Arrows; Catapults.
Psychological warfare
Psylli
Ptah
Publius Servilius
Pungee sticks
Punic Wars
Purple snake
Pyrrus
Quicklime
Quintus Curtius
Quintus of Smyrna
Rabies
Rape, as bio-weapon
Rats. See Rodents.
Reinach, A. J.
Rhodes
Rhododendron
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
Rodents
Roland, Alex
Rolle, Renate
Rufus of Ephesus
Rules of war. See War, rules of.
Russia
Saddam Hussein
Saltpeter. See also Gunpowder.
Samosata
Sand, burning
Scorched earth tactics
Scorpions
Scythians . See also Massagetae; Soanes
Sea urchin
Second Lateran Council
Seleuceia
Seneca
Sennacherib
Septimius Severus
Sertorius
Shamans
Shukra
Sicily . See also Syracuse.
Siegecraft . See also Catapults.
Silius Italicus
Smallpox
Smell. See Stench weapons.
Smoke, poison
Snakes, venomous ; snake charmers . See also Hydra.
Soanes
Solomon; Testament of
Solon
Sophocles
Sound weapons
South Africa
South America
Spain
Sparta
Stench weapons
Stingray
Strabo
Strychnine
Sulphur
Sun Tzu
Susruta Samhita
Swamps
Syracuse
Ta’if<
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Tacitus
Tamerlane
Telegonus
Telemachus
Telephus
Temple, Robert
Temples and bioweapons ; of Apollo ; of Jerusalem
Theophrastus
Thucydides
Tiberius
Tigranocerta
Titus
Tomyris, Queen
Toxic, origin of word. Toxic arrows, see Poison arrows.
Trojan Horse
Trojan War
Tyre
Varro
Vegetius
Venom, see Insects; Scorpion; Sea urchin; Snake; Stingray.
Vietnam War
Vinegar
Virgil
Vitruvius
Vozrozhdeniye Island
War, rules of ,
Water, diverting; poisoning of ; unhealthy in swamps.
Wheelis, Mark
Wine, as weapon(mead) ; poisoning of
World War I
World War II
Xenophon
Xerxes
Yew
Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Yusef, Hamza
Zinsser, William
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