{"product_id":"circum-mare-themes-in-ancient-warfare-9789004284845","title":"Circum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCircum 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210660045143,"sku":"9789004284845","price":160.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/circum-mare-themes-in-ancient-warfare-9789004284845","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}