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Book SynopsisUses new methodologies, evidence, and topics to better understand ancient warfare and its place in culture and history New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare brings together essays from specialists in ancient history who employ contemporary tools and approaches to reveal new evidence and increase knowledge of ancient militaries and warfare. In-depth yet highly readable, this volume covers the most recent trends for understanding warfare, militaries, soldiers, non-combatants, and their roles in ancient cultures. Chronologically-organized chapters explore new methodologies, evidence, and topics while offering fresh and original perspectives on recent documentary and archaeological discoveries. Covering the time period from Archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, the text asks questions of both new and re-examined old evidence and discusses the everyday military life of soldiers and veterans. Chapters address unique topics such as neurophysiological explanations for why some soldiers
Trade Review“I can envision this book as being helpful to a variety of audiences, from students writing term papers to scholars trying to stay abreast of the state of the field. The editor is to be commended for gathering such a diverse and interesting collection of essays and for breathing new life into a field that too many have thought to be obsolete.” – Matthew A. Sears, UNB, AHBOR10 (2020) 43–46
“…this interesting volume examines ancient warfare from an innovative and thought-provoking perspective... bring[s] to the attention the possibilities involved in merging old and new approaches in the fascinating field of ancient warfare studies.” - The Classical Review, March 2021, pp. 1-3
“In sum, this excellent collection is full of insightful contributions that do a wonderful job of conveying the vigour and excitement of much new research on war and warfare in the ancient Mediterranean, and this book deserves a wide audience.” – Conor Whately, Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, Volume 17, Number 3, 2020, LIX-Series III, pp. 590-593 (Review)
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix
Preface xiii
List of Abbreviations xv
List of Illustrations xvii
1 Ancient Warfare and Moving Beyond “New Military History” 1
Lee L. Brice
Part I Greece 13
2 Wealth and the Logistics of Greek Warfare: Food, Pay, and Plunder 17
Matthew Trundle
3 Early Greek Siege Warfare 29
Michael G. Seaman
4 Daily Life in Classical Greek Armies, c. 500–330 BCE 39
John W.I. Lee
5 Soldiers’ Home: Life After Battle 53
Lawrence A. Tritle
6 Greek Cavalry in the Hellenistic World: Review and Reappraisal 65
Glenn R. Bugh
7 Skeletal Evidence for the Impact of Battle on Soldiers and Non‐Combatants 81
Maria A. Liston
Part II Rome 95
8 Financing Imperialism in the Middle Roman Republic 99
Nathan Rosenstein
9 Indiscipline in the Roman Army of the Late Republic and Principate 113
Lee L. Brice
10 The Neurophysiology of Panic on the Ancient Battlefield 127
Susan M. Heidenreich and Jonathan P. Roth
11 Roman Siege Warfare: Moral and Morale 139
Josh Levithan
12 Roman Military Communities and the Families of Auxiliary Soldiers 149
Elizabeth M. Greene
13 Approaching “Ethnic” Communities in the Roman Auxilia 161
Alexander Meyer
14 Health, Wounds, and Medicine in the Late Roman Army (250–600 CE) 173
Philip Rance
Index 187
