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De Gruyter From Hannibal to Sulla: The Birth of Civil War in Republican Rome
Book SynopsisThe second century BCE was a time of prolonged debate at Rome about the changing nature of warfare. From the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 218 to Rome’s first civil war in 88 BCE, warfare shifted from the struggle against a great external enemy to a conflict against internal parties. This book argues that Rome’s Italian subjects were central to this development: having rebelled and defected to Hannibal at the end of the third century, the allies again rebelled in 91 BCE, with significant consequences for Roman thought about warfare as such. These "rebellions" constituted an Italian renewal of the war against their old conqueror, Rome, and an internal war within the polity. Accordingly, we need to add 'internal war' to the already well-established dichotomy of foreign and civil war. This fresh analysis of the second century demonstrates that the Roman experience of internal war during this period provided the natural stepping-stone in the invention of civil war as such. It conceives of the period from the Second Punic War onward as an 'antebellum' period to the later civil war(s) of the Late Republic, during which contemporary observers looked back at the last 'great war' against Hannibal in preparation for the next conflict.
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Brill Circum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare
Book SynopsisCircum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare presents a thematic approach to current directions in ancient military studies with case studies on topics including the economics of warfare, military cohesion, military authority, irregular warfare, and sieges. Bringing together research on cultures from across the Mediterranean world, ranging from Pharaonic Egypt to Late Antique Europe and from Punic Spain to Persian Anatolia, the collection demonstrates both the breadth of the current field and a surprising number of synergies.Table of ContentsContents Foreword Lee L. Brice Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 War and Society in the Ancient World: An Introduction Jeremy Armstrong Military Narratives 2 Simple Words, Simple Pictures: The Link between the Snapshots of Battle and the War Diary Entries in Ancient Egypt Anthony Spalinger 3 Caesar’s Exempla and the Role of Centurions in Battle David Nolan The Economics of Warfare 4 Coinage and the Economics of the Athenian Empire Matthew Trundle 5 Tributum in the Middle Republic Nathan Rosenstein Military Cohesion 6 The Ties that Bind: Military Cohesion in Archaic Rome Jeremy Armstrong 7 Sacramentum Militiae: Empty Words in an Age of Chaos Mark Hebblewhite Military Authority 8 Circumscribing Imperium: Power and Regulation in the Republican Province Ralph Covino 9 The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues: The Perspective of Collective Action James Kierstead Irregular Warfare 10 ‘Warlordism’ and the Disintegration of the Western Roman Army Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele 11 The Significance of Insignificant Engagements: Irregular Warfare during the Punic Wars Louis Rawlings Fortifications and Sieges 12 ‘Siege Warfare’ in Ancient Egypt, as Derived from Select Royal and Private Battle Scenes Brett H. Heagren 13 Tissaphernes and the Achaemenid Defense of Western Anatolia, 412–395bc John W.I. Lee Bibliography Index
£160.80
Brill The Books behind the Masks: Sources of Warfare Leadership in Ancient Egypt. Ancient Warfare Series Volume 4
Book SynopsisThe study of the ancient Egyptian military and warfare now encompasses the background court society in which the various eulogies drawn up for the glorification of the kings were composed. This study proceeds from a previous analysis of the leadership characteristics of the military pharaohs to their underlying war records to the literary compositions that the pharaohs had drawn up for their glorification. A study of these court-inspired accounts fits within the overarching new perspectives of royally directed and inspired ancient Egyptian literature. The historical background covers the New Kingdom pharaohs Kamose, Thutmose III, Ramesses II and III, with Merenptah, plus Pianchy. The concentration is primarily upon the narrative structures employed in each of these king’s monumental inscriptions.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements List of Plates Introduction and Themes 1 Kamose’s War Records 2 Thutmose III and Megiddo 3 The Structure of the Kadesh Poem 4 Merenptah and the Israel Stela 5 Merenptah and Ramesses III 6 Pharaoh Pianchy and His Great Stela 7 Conclusion Bibliography Index
£191.20
Brill Brill's Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx
Book SynopsisAfter decades of controversy, there is now a growing consensus that Greek warfare was not singular and simple, but complex and multiform. In this volume, emerging and established scholars build on this consensus to explore Greek warfare beyond its traditional focus on hoplites and the phalanx. We expand the chronological limits back into the Iron Age, the geographical limits to the central and eastern Mediterranean, and the operational limits to include cavalry, light-armed troops, and sieges. We also look beyond the battlefield at integral aspects of warfare including religion, the experiences of women, and the recovery of the war dead.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Table Abbreviations and Spellings 1 Introduction: Beyond the Phalanx Matthew Lloyd, Roel Konijnendijk, and Cezary Kucewicz 2 Men of Iron Pre-Archaic Greek Warfare in Context Matthew Lloyd 3 The Anatolian Roots of Archaic Greek Warfare Josho Brouwers 4 The War Dead in Archaic Sparta Cezary Kucewicz 5 Women, Diversity, and War off the Battlefield in Classical Greece Jennifer Martinez Morales 6 Worshipping Violence A.T. Millington 7 Cavalry and the Character of Classical Warfare Roel Konijnendijk 8 ‘Not Many Bows’? Light-Armed Fighters of the Tenth through Fourth Centuries Cezary Kucewicz, Matthew Lloyd, and Roel Konijnendijk 9 Assaults and Sieges Rewriting the Other Side of Greek Land Warfare Fernando Echeverría 10 The Western Greeks and the ‘Greek Warfare’ Narrative Joshua R. Hall 11 The First Greek Soldiers in Egypt Myths and Realities Hans van Wees Epilogue Matthew A. Sears Index
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Brill Between Miltiades and Moltke: Early German Studies in Greek Military History
Book SynopsisThe authors of the first serious scholarly works on Greek warfare were not free to write their surveys as they wished. In the nineteenth-century German-speaking world, the supreme authority on all military history rested with the Great General Staff, the intellectual nerve centre of the Prussian army. Officers rejected the ability of historians to understand warfare and imposed their pragmatic perspective on any attempt to study past wars. How did classicists and historians respond to this challenge? This book explores how the scope and method of the first handbooks on Greek warfare were shaped by their environment; it questions the ancient wisdom that practical expertise is the best guide to writing military history.Table of ContentsContents Abstract Keywords 1 Introduction 2 An Officer and a Gentleman: The Joint Works of Rüstow and Köchly 3 The Age of the Great Handbooks: The New Surveys of 1880–1895 4 The Delbrück-Kromayer Controversy 5 Conclusion: Between Miltiades and Moltke Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
£63.84
Brill Brill’s Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare
Book SynopsisThe adage that an army “marches on its stomach” finds renewed emphasis in this collection of essays. Focusing on military diet and supply from Homer through the Roman Empire, Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare explains regional dietary options and reassesses traditional notions of “provisioning” while exploring topics ranging from strategy and subterfuge to trade and terror. Through fresh insights drawn from current research and excavation spanning the Greco-Roman world, contributors confirm how providing food and drink for soldiers was critical to every army’s success and survival. This volume stimulates reevaluation of ancient militaries and encourages new research.Table of ContentsPreface List of Maps Abbreviations List of Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Diet and Logistics in Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare, a Consideration John F. Donahue and Lee L. Brice Part 2: Military Diet 2 Diet, Preparation, and Consumption in Homer Sarah C. Murray 3 Nutrition and Diet: Archaic and Classical Greece Fernando Echeverría 4 Nutrition and Diet: Hellenistic Greece Eduardo García-Molina 5 Diet and Nutrition in the Roman Republican Army Jeremy Armstrong 6 The Diet of Roman Soldiers in the Northwest Provinces of the Roman Empire Paul Erdkamp 7 Dining in the Desert The Roman Military Diet in Egypt and the East in the Imperial Period Kelsey Koon Part 3: Logistics of Food and Drink 8 Organization of the Military Food Supply: Greece Matthew Sears 9 Provisioning and the Logistics of Occupation and Resistance in Early Hellenistic Greece Thomas C. Rose 10 Logistics and Strategy in the Hellenistic World: Parthians and Seleucids Nikolaus Leo Overtoom 11 Sieges, Deception and Bioterrorism: Logistics and Strategy of Food and Drink during the Republic John F. Donahue 12 Organization of the Military Food Supply: Rome Bret C. Devereaux Part 4: Case Studies 13 Logistics and Strategy in the Greek Army: A Case Study of Diet and Logistics in Herodotus and Thucydides Gregory Francis Viggiano 14 Equestrian Officers, Food Supply, and Military Campaigns in the Reigns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius Marc Kleijwegt Part 5: In Closing 15 Assessing Military Logistics and Diet in Ancient Greece and Rome Lee L. Brice Index of Places General Index
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Brill Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film
Book SynopsisBrill’s Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film is the first volume exclusively dedicated to the study of a theme that informs virtually every reimagining of the classical world on the big screen: armed conflict. Through a vast array of case studies, from the silent era to recent years, the collection traces cinema’s enduring fascination with battles and violence in antiquity and explores the reasons, both synchronic and diachronic, for the central place that war occupies in celluloid Greece and Rome. Situating films in their artistic, economic, and sociopolitical context, the essays cast light on the industrial mechanisms through which the ancient battlefield is refashioned in cinema and investigate why the medium adopts a revisionist approach to textual and visual sources.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures Notes on Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Swords Made of Rubber: Cinematic Antiquity through the Lens of War Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos Part 2: Cinema vs. History: Testing the Accuracy of Celluloid Battles 2 Form and Function: The Importance of Military Formations in Cinematic Depictions of the Roman Army Jeremy Armstrong 3 Alexander in Ares’ Mirror: Armed Conflict in Oliver Stone’s Historical Epic Elias Koulakiotis Part 3: The Leading Men of Celluloid Armies 4 “Hail! The Sign of the Cross”: Industrial Campaigns and Commanding Performances in The Sign of the Cross (1932) and Cleopatra (1934) Michael Williams 5 Richard Burton in Alexander the Great (1956) and the Mechanisms of Hollywood Stardom: Fashioning an Ancient Military Icon in Post-WWII American Cinema Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos 6 Brad’s Biceps and Dwayne’s Delts: Stardom as Physicality and Digital Spectacle in Troy (2004) and Hercules (2014) Djoymi Baker Part 4: Women and Military Conflict 7 Atalanta as Celluloid Warrior in Jason and the Argonauts (2000) and Hercules (2014) Patricia Salzman-Mitchell 8 Women on the Battlefield: Ancient Warrior Queens and Female Military Commanders on the Millennial Screen Irene Berti 9 “She Wants to Be Married and Give the Children Names!”: Women and the Roman Army in Post-Gladiator Films Jorit Wintjes 10 Women in Captivity: The Human Cost of Armed Conflict from the Trojan War to Modern Greek Cinema Anastasia Bakogianni Part 5: Western Colonialism and Racist Attitudes 11 Rome vs. Carthage: Imperial and Racist Aspirations in Italian Films of the Twentieth Century Arthur J. Pomeroy 12 Porus vs. Alexander in Modi’s Sikandar (1941) and Stone’s Alexander (2004–2014) Seán Easton Part 6: Ancient Warfare on Film and Modern Politics 13 Armed Conflict in Italian Historical Films of the Fascist and Post-WWII Era (1937–1954) Óscar Lapeña Marchena 14 The Noise of War: Sound, Politics and Space in the Italian Peplum Robert A. Rushing 15 “Make Love, Not War”: Roman Soldiers and 1960s Countercultural Masculinity in Fellini-Satyricon Renata Senna Garraffoni 16 Epic Combat in Ancient and Modern History: A Comparative Analysis of The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and The Longest Day (1962) Jonathan Stubbs 17 Lysistrata (1972): Political and Sexual Refractions of the Peloponnesian War during the Greek Junta Kaiti Diamantakou Part 7: Ancient Battles for Millennial Spectators and the Impact of the Hollywood War Film 18 Sensational Violence: Brutality in Twenty-First-Century Cinematic Depictions of Roman Battles Hannah-Marie Chidwick 19 Rockules’ Revenge: The Portrayal of the Veteran Warrior in Brett Ratner’s Hercules Owen Rees 20 Romans and Zealots in the Global War on Terror: Asymmetric Warfare and Counterinsurgency in Risen (2016) and Ben-Hur (2016) Oskar Aguado-Cantabrana Part 8: Epilogue 21 To Be Continued: Considerations of Ancient Warfare in Film Lee L. Brice Index
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Primus Books India's Historic Battles
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Sennacherib and the War of 1812
Book SynopsisPaul S. Evans is Associate Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Canada.Trade ReviewNavigates the intricate issue of conflicting claims of victory with expertise and offers fresh insights that will undoubtedly shape future research in this field. * Review of Biblical Literature *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Archaeological Evidence 2. Assyrian Texts 3. Biblical Narrative Accounts 4. Prophetic Texts from the Book of Isaiah 5. Disputed Victory in the War of 1812 6. Disputed Victory in the War of 701 7. Scholarly Assessments of Hezekiah and his Rebellion 8. Conclusions Bibliography Index
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Thucydides on Strategy: Grand Strategies in the
Book SynopsisMasterfully crafted and surprisingly modern, "History of the Peloponnesian War" has long been celebrated as an insightful, eloquent, and exhaustively detailed work of classical Greek history. The text is also remarkable for its deep political and military dimensions, and scholars have begun to place the work alongside Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and Clausewitz's "On War" as one of the great treatises on strategy. The perfect companion to Thucydides' impressive History, this volume details the specific strategic concepts at work within the History of the Peloponnesian War and demonstrates, through case studies of recent conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the continuing relevance of Thucydidean thought to an analysis and planning of strategic operations. Some have even credited Thucydides with founding the discipline of international relations. Written by two scholars with extensive experience in this and related fields, "Thucydides on Strategy" situates the classical historian solidly in the modern world of war.Trade Review'Thucydides, as he himself anticipated, wrote not only the history of the Peloponnesian War. He wrote the history of the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.' * Louis Halle *'International relations continue to be a recurring struggle for wealth and power among independent actors in a state of anarchy. The classic history of Thucydides is as meaningful a guide to the behavior of states today as when it was written in the fifth century B.C.E.' * Robert Gilpin *'I read Thucydides on Strategy with considerable interest, pleasure, and care. - The authors have made an original contribution to scholarship ... and have managed to synthesize a coherent whole that goes far to explain how Athens lost and the Peloponnesians won this war. In the course of doing this, they also manage to explain why Thucydides' work is a " for all time". They show that the same sorts of strategic questions and problems are likely to recur, again and again, as Thucydides says, so long as human nature remains the same, e.g., defining political objectives, matching a grand strategy to meet them, integrating a military strategy with the grand strategy, interacting with an enemy, avoiding overextension, and a whole range of other themes commonly studied by strategists today.' * Karl Walling, Professor, Department of Policy and Strategy, United States Naval War College *'An excellent companion to the 'History', and an aid to the essential reflection that Thucydides's work requires.' * RUSI Journal *
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Kohlhammer Die Romische Republik
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Princeton University Press The War for Gaul
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This modern commentary on the Commentaries also 'lets you see Caesar the man and politician, not just the general he wanted you to see.'"---Robert S. Davis, New York Journal of Books"I rather like O’Donnell’s asceticism. He sent me back to the original for first time in decades and drove home how rarely we approach these old warhorses with fresh eyes. . . . [O’Connell] will convince you that Caesar was a very bad man indeed."---Michael Kulikowski, London Review of Books"A vigorous, modern, and uncluttered translation."---Lawrence Freedman, Foreign Affairs"Certainly one for the school library shelves or young friends and relatives (classicists or not) who may well be less acquainted with Caesar."---Adrian Spooner, Classics for All Reviews"[A]n excellent translation . . . one that poses important questions about Caesar, his actions in Gaul, and the dying years of the Republic."---Anthony Smart, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"James O’Donnell has turned De bello Gallico into lucid, convincing, contemporary English. It’s a masterclass in translation, and a dangerously appealing introduction to ‘the best bad man’s book ever written’."---Christopher Whitton, Greece and Rome
£19.80
Cornell University Press The Fall of the Athenian Empire
Book SynopsisIn the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C.Trade ReviewA profound analysis of the relation of strategy to politics, a sympathetic but searching critique of Thucydides' masterpiece, and a trenchant assessment of the voluminous modern literature on the war. -- Bernard Knox * The Atlantic Monthly *Kagan offers political history at its best. He does a masterful job of laying out the strategic choices confronting ancient Greek statesmen and generals, then explaining why events took the course they did.... Kagan shows a remarkable gift for drawing analogies to more recent wars to illuminate this struggle between ancient great powers. These insightful analogies also help us understand better the imperial rivalries and wars of our own troubled century. * Orbis *The fourth volume in Kagan's history of ancient Athens, which has been called one of the major achievements of modern historical scholarship, begins with the ill-fated Sicilian expedition of 413 B.C. and ends with the surrender of Athens to Sparta in 404 B.C. Richly documented, precise in detail, it is also extremely well-written, linking it to a tradition of historical narrative that has become rare in our time. * Virginia Quarterly Review *The temptation to acclaim Kagan's four volumes as the foremost work of history produced in North America in the twentieth century is vivid.... Here is an achievement that not only honors the criteria of dispassion and of unstinting scruple which mark the best of modern historicism but honors its readers. To read Kagan's 'History of the Peloponnesian War' at the present hour is to be almost unbearably tested. -- George Steiner * The New Yorker *With its three predecessors, this volume will long stand as the definitive work on the Peloponnesian War and the nature of the Athenian empire. * American Historical Review *Table of Contents1. After the Sicilian Disaster2. The War in the Aegean3. Athens Responds4. Sparta's Riposte5. The Revolutionary Movement6. The Coup7. The Four Hundred in Power8. The Establishment of the Five Thousand9. The War in the Hellespont10. The Restoration11. The Return of Alcibiades12. Cyrus, Lysander, and the Fall of Aicibiades13. The Battle of Arginusae14. The Trial of the Generals15. The Fall of Athens16. ConclusionsBibliographyGeneral IndexIndex of Ancient Authors and InscriptionsIndex of Modem Authors
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Athens Burning
Book SynopsisAimed at students and scholars of ancient history, this highly accessible book will fascinate anyone interested in the burgeoning fields of refugee and diaspora studies.Trade Review... the attempt to humanize ancient warfare is a worthy endeavor and Garland is to be commended for managing this effort well, painting a vivid and universalizing picture of the human causes and consequences of war with which we can, sadly, too easily relate. Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrologueI The Origins II The EvacuationIII The First BurningIV The Second BurningV The Post-War PeriodEpilogueAfterlifeA Note on the SourcesChronologyAcknowledgmentsNotesSuggested Further Reading
£19.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Killing for the Republic
Book SynopsisHow Rome's citizen-soldiers conquered the worldand why this militaristic ideal still has a place in America today. For who is so worthless or indolent as not to wish to know by what means and under what system of polity the Romans . . . succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole governmenta thing unique in history?PolybiusThe year 146 BC marked the brutal end to the Roman Republic's 118-year struggle for the western Mediterranean. Breaching the walls of their great enemy, Carthage, Roman troops slaughtered countless citizens, enslaved those who survived, and leveled the 700-year-old city. That same year in the east, Rome destroyed Corinth and subdued Greece. Over little more than a century, Rome's triumphant armies of citizen-soldiers had shocked the world by conquering all of its neighbors. How did armies made up of citizen-soldiers manage to pull off such a major triumph? And what made the republic so powerful? In Killing for the Republic, Steele Brand eTrade ReviewBrand's book should be read with care by Americans as our republic enters its twilight . . . Readers of many tastes will receive great enjoyment from Brand's book.—William S. Smith, The American Conservative[Recommended] for general readers and students interested in the armies of the Roman Republic, and more specifically on the role that the citizen-soldiers played in shaping the history of Rome.—Fabrizio Biglino, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewSteele Brand has done a service with this book . . . [He] has produced a novel examination of violence and virtue with undeniable contemporary relevance. An engaging and accessible work, Killing for the Republic warrants reading by all republicans.—Gil Barndollar, HumanitasTable of ContentsPreface. Why Care about Long-Dead Fighting Farmers?Prologue. The Roman and American RepublicsPart 1. Farmers, Citizens, and SoldiersChapter 1. The Soldier's Farm Chapter 2. The Citizen's Republic Part 2. The Making of Rome's Citizen-SoldiersChapter 3. Origins: Kingly Armies of the Roman Hills Chapter 4. Proving Ground: Surviving in Central Italy Part 3. The Triumph of Rome's Citizen-SoldiersChapter 5. Breakout: Competition and Discipline at Sentinum Chapter 6. The Greatest Trial: Beating Your Betters at New CarthageChapter 7. Triumph: Phalanx Killers at PydnaPart 4. The Death of Rome's Citizen-SoldiersChapter 8. Questionable Legitimacy: The Ideal Statesman's Battle at MutinaChapter 9. Suicidal Finish: Last Stand of the Citizen-Soldier at Philippi Epilogue. War Stories for the Emperor Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Dividing the Spoils The War for Alexander the Greats Empire Ancient Warfare and Civilization
Book SynopsisThis is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the disintegration of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in the West, via Egypt, Syria, Babylonia, and Persia through to the Indian sub-continent in the East. After his death in 323 BC, it took forty years of world-changing warfare for his heirs to finish carving up these vast conquests. These years were filled with high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic marriages, treachery, shifting alliances, and mass slaughter on battlefield after battlefield. And while the men fought on the field, the women schemed from their palaces and pavilions.Dividing the Spoils revives the memory of Alexander''s Successors, whose fame has been dimmed only because they stand in his enormous shadow. In fact, Alexander left things in a mess at the time of his death, with no guaranteed succession, no Trade Reviewwell-paced and often dramatic narratives, up-to-date research, and thorough documentation * Wall Street Journal *Robin Waterfield has produced an excellent introduction...He conveys the drama of the aftermath of Alexander's death with the intensity of a novelist * Military Times *A briskly readable march through tumultuous events which continue to reverberate. * Daily Express *Robin Waterfield's coruscating cultural-political narrative does full and equal justice to all the major dimensions of this extraordinary half-century. * Paul Cartledge, author of Ancient Greece, A History in Eleven Cities *A gripping and often unsettling account of a formative period of ancient history. As Robin Waterfield points out, it deserves to be far better known than it is -- and now, thanks to the author himself, it is as accessible as it has ever been. * Tom Holland, author of Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; Timeline ; Cast of Characters ; 1. The Legacy of Alexander the Great ; 2. The Babylon Conferences ; 3. Rebellion ; 4. Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and Alexander's Corpse ; 5. The First War of the Successors ; 6. Polyperchon's Moment ; 7. The Triumph of Cassander ; 8. Hunting Eumenes in Iran ; 9. Antigonus, Lord of Asia ; 10. The Restoration of Seleucus ; 11. Warfare in Greece ; 12. Duel to the Death ; 13. The Kingdoms of Ptolemy and Seleucus ; 14. Demetrius Resurgent ; 15. The Fall of Demetrius ; 16. The Last Successors ; Glossary ; References ; Bibliography ; Index
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Taylor & Francis Security in Roman Times
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Exploring the MidRepublican Origins of Roman Military Administration With Stylus and Spear Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
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Cambridge University Press War Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens
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Cambridge University Press The Seleucid Army
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Cambridge University Press The Seleucid Army
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Cambridge University Press Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC
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Cambridge University Press The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC
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Cambridge University Press The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire 361630
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Roman Equestrian Order
Book SynopsisIn the Roman social hierarchy, the equestrian order stood second only to the senatorial aristocracy in status and prestige. This book offers the first comprehensive history of the order, covering the period from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD.Trade Review'What the author has produced is both a major work of a scholarship and a highly readable book. This reviewer found it difficult to put down. The book has much to offer anyone with an interest in Roman history, whether generalist or specialist.' Classics For All'… an impressively scholarly but readable study.' Choice'Davenport has produced a very impressive work. Although intended primarily for the serious scholar of Roman institutions, those with an interest in Roman military history will find Davenport's work of considerable value.' A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage (www.strategypage.com)Table of ContentsIntroduction: charting the history of the equestrian order; Part I. The Republic: 1. Riding for Rome; 2. Cicero's equestrian order; 3. Questions of status; Part II. The Empire: 4. Pathways to the principate; 5. An imperial order; 6. Cursus and vita (I): officers; 7. Cursus and vita (II): administrators; Part III. Equestrians on Display: 8. Ceremonies and consensus; 9. Spectators and performers; 10. Religion and the Res Publica; Part IV. The Late Empire: 11. Governors and generals; 12. The last equites Romani; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Warfare in the Roman World
Book SynopsisWarfare was a recurrent phenomenon of fundamental importance throughout Roman history. Its scale and form varied across time and place, but it had wide-ranging impacts on politics, society and economy. This book focuses on important themes in the interplay between warfare and these broader contexts, including attitudes to war and peace, the values associated with military service, the role of material resources, military mutiny and civil war, and social and cultural aspects of the military. It also examines experiences of warfare, focusing on approaches to Roman battle and the impact of war on civilians. Importantly and distinctively, these different themes are traced across a millennium of Roman history from the Republic through to the end of Late Antiquity in the early seventh century, with a view to highlighting important continuities and changes across Roman history, and alerting readers to valuable but often less familiar material from the empire''s final centuries.Trade Review'A bibliographic essay, a table of significant events, a list of emperors, a glossary, a separate list of references, an index, and several maps and illustrations round out the volume. Highly recommended for research libraries, university students (all levels), and scholars.' B. A. Ault, Choice'As a map for those new to the field, Warfare in the Roman World is easy to read and follow without sacrificing academic rigor. In short, Lee provides the right amount of detail to set readers up for further study.' Brian Turner über Lee, H-Soz-Kult'The book is strong in its use of documentary and archaeological evidence. The comprehensive notes guide the reader to not only the most recent scholarship, but to the most important.' Jonathan Roth, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'The book embodies an admirable fusion of erudition and economy, and Lee's lithe facility with the sources and scholarship makes the transition across themes, centuries and scholarly silos seem effortless. This book will be of great value to undergraduate students as an introduction, doctoral students as a survey and scholars as an overview.' Michael J. Taylor, Journal of Roman StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. War and peace; 2. Military service and courage; 3. Manpower and money; 4. Authority and allegiances; 5. Society and identity; 6. Culture and communication; 7. Experiences of war; Epilogue; Bibliographical essay; Important dates; Roman emperors; Glossary.
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Cambridge University Press Athenian Democracy at War
Book SynopsisClassical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. The Athenian armed forces were unmatched in size and professionalism. This book explores the major reasons behind this military success. It shows how democracy helped the Athenians to be better soldiers. For the first time David M. Pritchard studies, together, all four branches of the armed forces. He focuses on the background of those who fought Athens'' wars and on what they thought about doing so. His book reveals the common practices that Athens used right across the armed forces and shows how Athens'' pro-war culture had a big impact on civilian life. The book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing.Trade Review'This comprehensive book by internationally respected Australian scholar Dr Pritchard - the first such, involving a new theory about democracy and warmaking in ancient Athens - addresses the relationship between the fact of Athens' democracy and the fact of its transformational military record. Classical Athens is famous for its direct democracy and innovative culture, but less well understood is that it was its democracy that caused this military success.' Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor (Emeritus) of Greek Culture and Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge'Pritchard's book gives stunning insights into Athenian democracy's attitude to war. Did the Persian Wars influence the development of Athenian democracy? Why were wars so important for the prestige of Athenian citizens? How did the Athenians finance and organise their wars? In answering these fundamental questions his book analyses brilliantly the mutual impact that Athenian democracy and war had on each other.' Claudia Tiersch, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin'David Pritchard has written the definitive account of classical Athenian warfare. He offers astute analyses of the Athenian armed forces, military finance, the ideology of war, war and sport, and the relationship between warfare and democracy. His arguments are careful; his documentation is meticulous. It will be essential reading for all serious students of Athens, democracy, and warfare.' Josiah Ober, Stanford University, California'A masterful, debatable and elegantly crafted analysis of the world's first democratic empire and why it was no protagonist of 'democratic peace'.' John Keane, University of Sydney and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung'… this thought-provoking and vital book (aimed at 'students and teachers, interested general readers and scholars alike') is a must for anyone interested not just in classical Greek warfare and politics but in what this can tell us about the relationship between democracies in general and the military.' David Stuttard, Classics for All'… this intelligent, thought-provoking book … is an extremely useful tool for a reader interested in a comprehensive, critical overview …' Matteo Zaccarini, The Classical Review'… an excellent work of scholarship …' Anthony Papalas, Choice'This is an excellent, up-to-date discussion of the composition and methods of conscription and remuneration of hoplites, sailors, archers and horsemen …' Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece & Rome'I greatly admire and have benefitted from Pritchard's scholarly program, and he is an essential author for those working on Athens and war in any respect. The volume here under review contains many up-to-date references and facts about a great many topics pertaining to classical Athens at war.' Matthew Sears, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'Athenian Democracy at War is highly recommended for any scholar of Athens and democracy in the ancient world, because it successfully fills a gap underlining the reasons for the effectiveness of Athens in war, and how it could train professional armies and launch huge fleets which ruled the Aegean with utter dominance. It does not only analyse the role war played in Athenian culture and democracy, but also the role democracy played in the development of warfare in form and scale …' Tomás Bethencourt, Global Intellectual HistoryTable of Contents1. Athenian democracy at war; 2. The armed forces; 3. Naval matters in old comedy; 4. Costing festivals and wars; 5. The cost of the Peloponnesian War; 6. Public finance and war in Ancient Greece; 7. Sport and war; 8. War and Panhellenic sporting victory.
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The University of Chicago Press Gladius The World of the Roman Soldier
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In his encyclopedic Gladius, Guy de la Bédoyère collects pretty much every fact known about what it was like to be in the military arm of the Roman Empire." -- Thomas E. Ricks * The New York Times Book Review *"A really splendid book that brings to life in its scholarship and animated style the lives of some of the most remarkable soldiers the world has ever seen. . . . [Gladius] will be an absolute delight for those who are fascinated by the life and achievements of the world’s first and probably greatest professional army." * Military History Matters *“Gladius is a highly successful introduction to the life of the Roman soldier. Neither a history of the army nor a review of battlefield tactics, it instead studies daily life in military services far beyond the aspects of soldiering typically treated in history books. Making use of a wide range of sources, from stone inscriptions to colorful anecdotes, de la Bédoyère’s informative and readable book offers real immediacy to readers.” * Clifford Ando, University of Chicago *“Gladius is a necessary work for scholars of Roman history, but will also prove interesting and informative reading for the armchair historian.” * New York Military Affairs Review *Table of ContentsMaps and plans Foreword 1. Introduction—The Army of the Emperors 2. Strength and Honour—Signing On in Caesar’s Army 3. Gloria Exercitus—Making Soldiers 4. Gold and Silver—Pay, Handouts and Bequests 5. A Soldier’s Life—Garrisoning the Empire 6. Living Off the Land—The Roman Army and the Environment 7. Ignominy and Defeat—The Roman Army’s Darkest Days 8. I Came, I Saw, I Conquered—The Roman War Machine Victorious 9. Living by the Sword—Violence and Atrocities 10. Quinqueremes and Triremes—The Roman Army at Sea 11. Mutineers and Rebels—King-Makers for Sale 12. Peacetime Duties—Jacks-of-All-Trades 13. Leisure and Leave—Hunting Wild Boar and Other Diversions 14. Wives and Lovers—Family Life on the Frontier 15. Veterans—The Emperor’s Die-Hards 16. Jupiter’s Men—Religion and Superstition Epilogue Rome’s Principal Wars Emperors from Augustus to Valentinian I and Valens Tacitus and Dio on the Size of the Army Roman Names Glossary of Terms Notes Abbreviations and Bibliography List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Index
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University of Chicago Press Gladius
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Basic Books Pax
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Johns Hopkins University Press Rome and the Barbarians 100 BCAD 400 Ancient
Book SynopsisWhat he describes is, in fact, a drawn-out period of acculturation, characterized more by continuity than by change and conflict and leading to the creation of a new Romano-barbarian hybrid society and culture that anticipated the values and traditions of medieval civilization.Trade ReviewAn excellent book that comes from eleven years of painstaking research. Thomas S. Burns has written a readable and well-documented survey of Rome and the numerous peoples to its north... The book is exceptionally well organized... This book is useful for research and in the classroom not only because of its extensive documentation and bibliography but also because it is readable both for scholars and students. -- John F. DeFelice History: Reviews of New Books 2004 An excellent study... Burns breaks the stereotype of the barbarians as destructive savages held in check by the Roman Empire. In its place he offers a balanced view of an evolving relationship between complex, diverse societies on the barbarian side and the civilized Romans... The book is enhanced by Burns's very effective integration of the traditional literary sources with the testimony of archaeological evidence... Sheds light on an important aspect of Roman history and is valuable to both the scholar and the beginning student. -- J. P. Karras Journal of Military History 2004 Anyone who has struggled to convey to a class the manifold ways in which the establishment of a legionary fortress revolutionized the life of a region will envy Burns' pedagogical fluency. -- Michael Kulikowski Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004 I recommend the book highly as an informed, up-to-date, and well-written review of a huge amount of data, easily readable and well referenced. -- Peter S. Wells International History Review 2005 This detailed analysis of Roman-barbarian interaction rests on a very solid scholarly base. Choice 2004 Rome and the Barbarians, is a book that will delight both academics and their students. -- Gocha R. Tsetskhladze Ancient West and East 2006 A thought-provoking analysis... A good foundation upon which future studies can build. -- James Chlup Ordia Prima 2006 A remarkably even-handed portrait of Roman-northern action and reaction. -- Frank M. Clover Classical Review 2005 A very good read for any student interested in the Romans or the barbarians. New York Military Affairs Symposium Newsletter 2009Table of ContentsContents:One - Sometimes Bitter Friends Two - Recognition, Confrontation, and Coexistence Three - Through Caesar's Eyes Four - The Early Empire and the Barbarians: An Overview Five - Perspectives from Pannonia Six - The Barbarians and the "Crisis" of the Empire Seven - Barbarians and the Late Roman Empire Epilogue Appendix: Most Important Roman Emperors and Usurpers
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Warriors of Anatolia A Concise History of the
Book SynopsisThe Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East. Yet their empire was always vulnerable to destruction by enemy forces; their Anatolian homeland occupied a remote region, with no navigable rivers; and they were cut off from the sea. Perhaps most seriously, they suffered chronic under-population and sometimes devastating plague. How, then, can the rise and triumph of this ancient imperium be explained, against seemingly insuperable odds? In his lively and unconventional treatment of one of antiquity's most mysterious civilizations, whose history disappeared from the records over three thousand years ago, Trevor Bryce sheds fresh light on Hittite warriors as well as on the Hittites' social, religious and political culture and offers new solutions to many unsolved questions. Revealing them to have been masters of chariot warfare, who almost inflicted disastrous defeat on Rameses II at the Battle of Qadesh (1274 BCE), he shows the Hittites aTrade ReviewWarriors of Anatolia offers, in its author’s own words, ‘a reliable introduction to Hittite history and civilisation, one which touches on many features of the Hittite world, explores some of them in more depth and proposes a number of new ideas and approaches to longstanding problems .. .’ (p. 3). * Journal of Near Eastern Studies *Trevor Bryce has done more to present the history of the Hittites than any scholar. His present book is an effort to present a breezably readable version to the interested public. The book should be considered a success as a reliable, readable and affordable introduction to the Hittites for the general reader. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Trevor Bryce has devoted his scholarly career to reconstructing the civilization of the Hittites of pre-Classical Turkey. In this book he draws on this experience to present an accessible overview of the history and culture of this fascinating ancient people. When the available evidence is scanty or unclear, he invites the reader to consider his or her own solution to historical quandaries. -- Gary Beckman, George C. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, USATable of ContentsList of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Rediscovering a Lost World Chapter 2: How Do The Hittites Tell Us About Themselves? Chapter 3: The Dawn of the Hittite Era Chapter 4: The Legacy of an Ailing King Chapter 5: ‘Now Bloodshed Has Become Common’ Chapter 6: The Setting for an Empire Chapter 7: Building an Empire Chapter 8: Lion or Pussycat? Chapter 9: From Near Extinction to the Threshold of International Supremacy Chapter 10: The Greatest Kingdom of Them All Chapter 11: Intermediaries of the Gods: The Great Kings of Hatti Chapter 12: King by Default Chapter 13: Health, Hygiene and Healing Chapter 14: Justice and the Commoner Chapter 15: No Sex Please, We’re Hittite Chapter 16: Women, Marriage and Slavery Chapter 17: War with Egypt Chapter 18: All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men Chapter 19: The Man Who Would Be King Chapter 20: Partners in Power: The Great Queens of Hatti Chapter 21: City of Temples and Bureaucrats: The Royal Capital Chapter 22: An Elite Fraternity: the Club of Royal Brothers Chapter 23: The Empire’s Struggle for Survival Chapter 24: Hatti’s Divine Overlords Chapter 25: Death of an Empire Appendix 1: Rulers of Hatti Appendix 2: Outline of Main Events in Hittite History Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor
Book SynopsisNews and World Report, MSNBC Online, and other international venues, this groundbreaking work will be a landmark in the study of ancient warfare.Trade ReviewReconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor is essential for anyone interested in ancient warfare and/or experimental archaeology, from academic to layman, and is a defining and valuable contribution to our understanding of the ancient world. -- Christopher Matthew Bryn Mawr Classical Review Anyone interested in archeological textiles, historical textiles, historical reenactment, military history, costume construction, or flax and linen should consider this fascinating and unique book. -- Joanne Robbins Hicken The Complex Weaver Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor is a model example of the benefits that can come from creative engagement with historical re-enactors. -- Peter Thonemann Times Literary Supplement In introducing the developing disciplines of experimental and reconstructive archaeology alongside the traditional approaches of textual and visual analysis, the authors provide a challenging and illuminating exploration of a poorly understood piece of ancient body armour that will satisfy both academic scholars and military history aficionados alike HermathenaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe State of Linothorax Scholarship and Typologies of Greek ArmorThe Structure of This BookMethodology and Audience1. Ancient Evidence for Linen ArmorLiterary SourcesLinen in the Ancient WorldVisual Sources2. Structural Variants and Decorations on Type IV ArmorStructural Elements I: Shoulder FlapsStructural Elements II: Shoulder Flap TiesStructural Elements III: PterugesStructural Elements IV: Structural Elements IVDecorative Elements I: Painted DesignsDecorative Elements II: ColorDistinctive Aspects of Etruscan Type IV Armor3. What Material Was Used to Make Type IV Armor?Leather versus Linen ConstructionSewn versus Laminated ConstructionComposite Construction4. Reconstructing the LinothoraxDeveloping a Basic PatternFabrics and GluesThe Lamination ProcessHeroic Nudity and Armor LengthDecorationThickness5. Arrow Test Methodology and MaterialsArrow Test RationaleTest PatchesArrows and BowsArrow Test Procedure6. Arrow Test ResultsGeneral ObservationsLess Significant Test VariablesHand-Produced versus Modern LinensLaminated versus Sewn and QuiltedDifferent ArrowheadsDepth of Penetration and Lethality of InjuryAngled ShotsTest Results Compared to Ancient Source TestimonyTesting Other Types of AttacksArrow versus Unarmored WarriorArrow versus Test Patch: Test Result TablesLinen versus Metal Armor7. Wearability IssuesPotential Vulnerability to MoistureWaterproofing ExperimentsDurability and RepairRange of Motion, Mobility, and FitHeat, Weight, and Endurance8. Economic and Social ConsiderationsLabor Required to Construct a LinothoraxThe Cost of Linen ArmorCost and Availability of Leather versus LinenLarge- Scale ProductionGender IssuesConclusionAppendix: Database of Visual Sources for Type IV ArmorBlack-Figure VasesWhite- Ground Technique VasesRed- Figure VasesStone Sculptures and ReliefsTerracotta Sculptures and ReliefsMetal ObjectsPaintingsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Battle of Arginusae
Book SynopsisAimed at classics students and general readers, the book provides an in-depth examination of the fraught relationship between Athens' military commanders and its vaunted sovereign democracy.Trade ReviewHamel combines hip writing for the general reader with a scholar's ability to size up the sources of our knowledge of the past. -- Tim Morris LectionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimelineMapsPrologue1. Setting the Stage2. Naval Warfare3. The Battle of Arginusae4. The Athenians and Their Generals5. The Aftermath in AthensEpilogueAppendix AAppendix BNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex
£39.00
Johns Hopkins University Press The Battle of Arginusae
Book SynopsisAimed at classics students and general readers, the book provides an in-depth examination of the fraught relationship between Athens' military commanders and its vaunted sovereign democracy.Trade ReviewHamel combines hip writing for the general reader with a scholar's ability to size up the sources of our knowledge of the past. -- Tim Morris LectionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimelineMapsPrologue1. Setting the Stage2. Naval Warfare3. The Battle of Arginusae4. The Athenians and Their Generals5. The Aftermath in AthensEpilogueAppendix AAppendix BNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex
£26.74
Johns Hopkins University Press Athens Burning
Book SynopsisAimed at students and scholars of ancient history, this highly accessible book will fascinate anyone interested in the burgeoning fields of refugee and diaspora studies.Trade Review... the attempt to humanize ancient warfare is a worthy endeavor and Garland is to be commended for managing this effort well, painting a vivid and universalizing picture of the human causes and consequences of war with which we can, sadly, too easily relate. Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrologueI The Origins II The EvacuationIII The First BurningIV The Second BurningV The Post-War PeriodEpilogueAfterlifeA Note on the SourcesChronologyAcknowledgmentsNotesSuggested Further Reading
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Johns Hopkins University Press Persian Interventions
Book SynopsisIts conclusions will interest not only specialists in both fields but students of ancient and modern comparative historical imperialism.Trade ReviewIn his original and significant contribution to this new historiography of the Persian Empire, Hyland (history, Christopher Newport Univ.) thoroughly analyzes Persian activities in the Aegean from the conclusion of the Peace of Kallias in 449 BCE to the imposition of the King’s Peace in 387 BCE . . . This important work belongs in the libraries of all universities offering courses in ancient history.—ChoiceQuestioning the traditional assumption that Persia was acting defensively in this period, playing Athens and Sparta off against each other to defuse their joint threat, Hyland reframes the story around Persia as the single world power of the era, with the Greek city states as minor satellites who posed no particular threat, but could be useful in fortifying the Great King's ideological claims to universal empire beyond the sea and the pacification of his borderlands.—Times Literary SupplementThis is a well-written and carefully researched alternative interpretation of a key period of Mediterranean history . . . it will also provide an illuminating case study for historians and political scientists on how a large and powerful empire sought to manage relations with the troublesome states on its margins.—American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables and MapsAcknowledgmentsTranslations, Spelling, and Units of Measure1. Achaemenid Persia and the Greeks across the SeaThe Traditional ModelThe Image of Persian World SupremacyA New Approach2. Artaxerxes I and the Athenian PeaceThe Peace of KalliasThe Costs of PeaceThe Savings of PeaceThe Profits of PeaceThe Ideology of PeaceAdherence to Peace3. The Peloponnesian War and the Road to InterventionArtaxerxes I and the Peloponnesian WarDarius II and AthensSicily, Tribute, and Darius’s InterventionAgents of InterventionNegotiating Intervention4. Tissaphernes’s War and the Treaty of 411The Ionian War and Athenian ResilienceVictory over AmorgesRevising the Terms of AllianceQuarrel with Sparta and Contacts with AthensThe Treaty of 4115. The King’s Navy and the Failure of Satrapal InterventionDarius’s Ships and Tissaphernes’s WagesThe Ionian Garrison ExpulsionsThe Royal Fleet’s RecallThe Satraps at the HellespontPharnabazos’s Timbers6. Cyrus the Younger and Spartan VictoryThe Satraps on the DefensiveDarius and the Embassy of BoiotiosCyrus Takes CommandCyrus and Spartan DisasterCyrus and Lysander’s Road to VictoryPersia’s Victory7. Artaxerxes II and War with SpartaCyrus and the Second Loss of IoniaTissaphernes and Spartan InvasionNaval Escalation and Tissaphernes’s DownfallTithraustes’s Truce and Pharnabazos’s Defense of the NorthArtaxerxes’s Fleet and Victory at Knidos8. Persia, the Corinthian War, and the King’s PeaceTimokrates’s Mission to GreecePharnabazos’s RevengeKonon and Persian Aid to AthensTiribazos’s Folly and the Peace Talks of 392Strouthas and the Failure of Outreach to AthensThe King’s PeaceConclusion Notes BibliographyIndex
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Great Generals of the Ancient World The
Book SynopsisReveals the secrets of military greatness, timeless principles of leadership applicable today
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Who Really Won the Battle of Marathon?: A bold
Book SynopsisThe Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, where an Athenian-led Greek force defeated a Persian invasion, is one of the most decisive battles in Antiquity and has been studied for centuries. It is famed as a triumph of the Greek hoplite heavy infantry phalanx against massively superior Persian numbers. But this exciting re-assessment of the evidence, including new archaeological findings, overturns many long-held assumptions. In particular the authors argue that the Greek numerical inferiority was less marked than previously thought, largely because the hoplites were accompanied by many light infantrymen who are given unprecedented credit for their role in the fighting. The contribution of these poorer citizens, it is argued, led to the immediate strengthening of democracy in Athens. The authors also tackle the much-debated mystery of the whereabouts of the Persian cavalry, generally thought to have been absent on the day of battle. Their bold answer is that it was not only present but played a central role in the fighting. However, the Greeks managed to defeat the Persian cavalry by their ingenious use of the terrain. Karyanos and Lagos also claim to have located the site of the Greek camp. This thoroughly researched and compelling re-assessment is an exciting new take on this justly famous event.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Warriors of the Ancient Greek World
Book SynopsisThis in-depth visual guide, Warriors of the Ancient Greek World, boasts over 140 lavishly detailed photographed and illustrated recreations of the warrior panoplies of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It covers the heavy infantry and cavalry of Greece and Macedonia, the light infantry and horsemen of the Thracian territories and the fighting men and women of the vast Persian and Scythian realms. The book has been crafted to show these ancient combatants in as much physical, gritty detail and character as possible. The combatants are seen torn from moments in time and dropped onto the page. It illustrates the range of distinct weapons and equipment carried by them, why it was needed and how it was made. It shows how the warriors may have looked whilst on campaign, mud, blood and all.
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Basic Books Roman Warfare
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Casemate Publishers Gladiators: Fighting to the Death in Ancient Rome
Book SynopsisThe gladiator is one of the most enduring figures of Ancient Rome. Heroic, though of lowly status, they fought vicious duals in large arenas filled with baying crowds. The survivor could be either executed (the famous ‘thumbs down’ signal) or spared at the whim of the crowd or the Emperor. Few lasted more than a dozen fights, yet they were a valuable asset to their owners.But how did they fight and how did their weapons and techniques develop? Who were they?This book gives an entertaining overview of the history of the gladiator, debunking some myths along the way. We learn about the different forms of combat, and the pairings which were designed to carefully balance the strengths and weaknesses of one against the other. The retiarii (with nets) were lightly armed but mobile, the secutores and murmillones protected but weighted down by their armour. Gladiators also participated in simulated naval battles on large artificial lakes or even in the arena of the Colosseum.Although their lives were brutal and short, gladiators often were admired for their bravery, endurance, and willingness to die. They were the celebrities of their day. This book reveals what we know and how we know it: ancient remains, contemporary literature, graffiti, modern attempts to reconstruct ancient fighting techniques and above all the discovery at Pompeii where a complete gladiator barracks was found alongside multiple skeletons tell their story.Trade ReviewIt’s a treasure trove of information spanning hundreds of years of gladiatorial combat in all its forms...a useful resource, especially for secondary school students, who may find that it ties in with their coursework rather well. * Army Rumour Service *I imagine that schools will find these to be useful background primers for a period of history study, and the gladiator volume is well detailed for the wargamer contemplating this particular form of skirmish warfare with its rules and showmanship. * Miniature Wargames - Chris Jarvis *Overall, the book is highly recommendable. […] the content is varied with numerous graphics and photos showing arenas, reliefs, mosaics, which add colour and “flavour” to the content […] It is accessible, convenient, and easy to read. * Imperium Romanum *
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Casemate Publishers Alexander the Great: Conqueror, Commander, King
Book SynopsisAlexander was perhaps the greatest conquering general in history. In just over a generation, his northern Greek state of Macedon rose to control the whole of the vast Persian Empire. It was the legacy of his father, Philip, that launched Alexander on a spectacular career of conquest that planted Hellenic culture across most of Asia. In a dozen years Alexander took the whole of Asia Minor and Egypt, destroyed the once mighty Persian Empire, and pushed his army eastwards as far as the Indus. No-one in history has equalled his achievement. Julius Caesar, contemplating his hero’s statue, is said to have wept because by contrast he had accomplished so little.Much of Alexander’s success can be traced to the Macedonian phalanx, a close-ordered battle formation of sarissa-wielding infantry that proved itself a war-winning weapon. The army Alexander inherited from his father was the most powerful in Greece, highly disciplined, trained and loyal only to the king. United in a single purpose, they fought as one. Alexander recognized this and is quoted as saying, “Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” Cavalry was also of crucial importance in the Macedonian army, as the driving force to attack the flanks of the enemy in battle. A talented commander, able to anticipate how his opponent would think, Alexander understood how to commit his forces to devastating effect, and was never defeated in battle. He also developed a corps of engineers that utilised catapults and siege towers against enemy fortifications. Alexander led from the front, fighting with his men, eating with them, refusing water when there was not enough, and his men would quite literally follow him to the ends of the (known) world, and none of his successors was able to hold together the empire he had forged. Although he died an early death his fame and glory persist to this day.This concise history gives an overview of Alexander’s life from a military standpoint, from his early military exploits to the creation of his empire and the legacy left after his premature death.
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Casemate Publishers Vikings at War
Book SynopsisVikings at War is a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war: their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and conquest campaigns that brought the Vikings to virtually every corner of Europe and even to America. Between the 9th and 11the century, Viking ships landed on almost every shore in the Western world. Viking ravages united the Spanish kingdoms and stopped Charlemagne and the Franks' advance in Europe. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounter between cultures changed both European and Nordic societies.Employing unorthodox and unpredictable strategies, which were hard for more organized forces to respond to, the most crucial element of the Vikings' success was their basic strategy of evading the enemy by arriving by sea, then attacking quickly and with great force before withdrawing quickly. The warrior class dominated in a militarized society. Honor was everything, and breaking promises and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. If a man offended another man’s honor, the only way out was blood revenge.Vikings at War provides a vivid account of the Viking art of war, weapons and the history of their conquests with over 380 colour illustrations including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions and photos of surviving artefacts including weapons and jewellery.Table of ContentsForeword Beaduheard Meets His Fate 1. THE VIKINGS Who were the Vikings? Viking society The Viking warriors’ religion 2. THE ART OF WAR Viking troops Viking military techniques 3. VIKING FORTIFICATIONS Viking fortifications 4. VIKING SHIPS The Viking ship 5. VIKING WEAPONS The Vikings and their weapons 6. VIKING INVASIONS The world of the Vikings The Islands in the West Ireland England The Frankish Empire and France The Iberian peninsula The lands in the East Byzantium Greenland and America notes bibliography indices list of maps image credits
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Casemate Publishers Limits of Empire: Rome'S Borders
Book SynopsisThe borders of the Roman Empire were frontiers that were often wild and dangerous. The expansion of the empire after the Punic Wars saw the Roman Republic become the dominant force in the Mediterranean as it first took Carthaginian territories in Gaul, Spain and north Africa and then moved into Greece with purpose, subjugating the area and creating two provinces, Achaea and Macedonia. The growth of the territories under Roman control continued through the rise of Julius Caesar - who conquered the rest of Gaul - and the establishment of the empire: each of the emperors could point to territories annexed and lands won.By AD 117 and the accession of Hadrian, the empire had reached its peak. It held sway from Britain to Morocco, from Spain to the Black Sea. And its wealth was coveted by those outside its borders. Just as today those from poorer countries try to make their way into Europe or North America, so those outside the empire wanted to make their way into the Promised Land – for trade, for improvement of their lives or for plunder. Thus the Roman borders became a mix - just as our borders are today - of defensive bulwark against enemies, but also control areas where import and export taxes were levied, and entrance was controlled. Some of these borders were hard: the early equivalents of the Inner German Border or Trump’s Wall - Hadrian's Wall and the line between the Rhine and Danube. Others, such as these two great rivers, were natural borders that the Romans policed with their navy.This book examines these frontiers of the empire, looking at the way they were constructed and manned and how that changed over the years. It looks at the physical barriers - from the walls in Britain to the Fossatum Africae in the desert. It looks at the traders and the prices that were paid for the traffic of goods. It looks at the way that civil settlements - vici - grew up around the forts and fortlets and what life was like for soldiers, sailors and civilians.As well as artefacts of the period, the book provides a guidebook to top Roman museums and a gazetteer of visitable sitesTable of ContentsIntroduction Timeline The Sources 1. Border Expansion from the Punic Wars to Trajan 2. Border Troops 3. Roman Engineering 4. The Borders 5. Life on the Border Credits and Acknowledgments Select Bibliography Abbreviations Index
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Fonthill Media Ltd Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece
Book SynopsisOne of the most popular areas of ancient history is war in the Greek world. The number of books, articles, web pages and blogs on every conceivable aspect of war in ancient Greece is endless, and continues to grow. So why add to the pile? Wars & Battles of Ancient Greece is not just another arid account of wars and battles, with endless, often exaggerated, casualty figures and repetitive tactics. It is different from most other books in the field because it has context as its focus: each of the battles covered is, where sources permit, placed in its historical, political and social context: why was the battle fought, how was it fought, what was the outcome, and what happened next ? No war or battle has ever been fought in isolation - there is always a prelude, a casus belli and a series of consequences. These are revealed wherever possible for each of the wars and battles in this book. In order to reinforce our focus on context the book includes chapters covering warfare in civilisations and cultures before Greece; the Greek war machine; and Greek women and conflict.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Military History of Late Rome AD 361-395
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume in an ambitious series giving the reader a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from AD 284-641. Each volume (5 are planned) gives a detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy and tactics among both the Roman forces and her enemies in the relevant period, while also giving a detailed but accessible account of the campaigns and battles. This volume covers the tumultuous period from the death of Constantius II in AD 361 to the death of Theodosius. Among the many campaigns covered, it therefore includes the Emperor Julian's fatal campaign against the Sassanian Persians and the disastrous defeat and death of Valens at Adrianople in 378. Such calamities illustrate the level of external threat Rome's armies faced on many fronts in this difficult period.
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