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Book The Oxford handbook of warfare in the classical world / edited by Brian Campbell and Lawrence A. Tritle.
Associated Name: Campbell, J. B.
Associated Name: Tritle, Lawrence A., 1946-
Publication year: c2013.
Language: English
Call Number U29 .O93 2013
Media class: Book
Publisher: Oxford ;New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195304657 0195304659
Series title: Oxford handbook
Extent: xxxi, 783 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Description:
"War lay at the heart of life in the classical world, from conflicts between tribes or states to internal or civil wars. Battles were resolved by violent face-to-face encounters: war was a very personal experience. At the same time, warfare and its conduct often had significant and wide-reaching economic, social, or political consequences. The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World offers a critical examination of war and organized violence. The volume's introduction begins with the ancient sources for the writing of war, preceded by broad surveys of warfare in ancient Greece and Rome. Also included herein are chapters analyzing new finds in battlefield archeology and how the environment affected the ancient practice of war. A second section is comprised of broad narratives of classical societies at war, covering the expanse from classical Greece through to the later Roman Empire. Part III contains thematic discussions that examine closely the nature of battle: what soldiers experienced as they fought; the challenges of conducting war at sea; how the wounded were treated. A final section offers six exemplary case studies, including analysis of the Peloponnesian War, the Second Punic War, and Rome's war with Sasanian Persia. The handbook closes with an epilogue that explores the legacy of classical warfare. Authored by experts in classics, ancient history, and archeology, this handbook presents a vibrant map of the field of classical warfare studies"--Publisher's description.
pt. 1. Introduction : the classical world at war. War and warfare in ancient Greece -- War and warfare in ancient Rome -- Writers on war, part I : Greece : winning ways in warfare -- Writers on war, part II : Rome : a story of conflict --The archaeology of war -- Warfare and environment in the ancient world -- pt. 2. The face of battle in the classical world. The classical Greek experience -- The three thousand : Alexander's infantry guard -- The Hellenistic world at war : stagnation or development? -- War and society in Greece -- The rise of Rome -- Imperial Rome at war -- War and society in the Roman Empire -- pt. 3. Impacts and techniques : war in the classical world. Men at war -- Treating the sick and wounded -- Keeping military discipline -- The business of war : mercenaries -- Logistics : sinews of war -- War at sea -- Arms and armor, part I : arming Greeks for battle -- Arms and armor, part II : arming Romans for battle -- Greeks under siege : challenges, experiences, and emotions -- Generalship : leadership and command -- Finding the enemy : military intelligence -- War and the horse, part I : horses for war : breeding and keeping a war horse -- War and the horse, part II : the development and training of cavalry in Greece and Rome -- Greek rituals of war -- Roman rituals of war -- Fighting the other, part I : Greeks and Achaemenid Persians -- Fighting the other, part II : the Germanic and Danubian transfrontier peoples -- Fighting the other, part III : military and society in Sasanian Iran -- pt. 4. Case studies : the classical world at war. The Athenian expedition to Sicily -- The Peloponnesian War and its sieges --Epaminondas at Leuctra, 371 B.C. -- Demetrius "the Besieger" and Hellenistic warfare -- The Second Punic War -- Roman warfare with Sasanian Persia -- Epilogue : The legacy of war in the classical world.
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