Understanding Greek Warfare Understanding the Ancient World Series
Auteur : Sears Matthew A.
Understanding Greek Warfare offers a wide-ranging survey of Greek warfare, from the Mycenaeans through to the Hellenistic kingdoms? clashes with Rome. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular theme and historical period, and a detailed discussion of the relevant sources, both ancient and modern. This volume covers not only the development of equipment, tactics, strategy, and the major wars of Greek history ? the "drums and trumpets" ? it also examines the political, social, and cultural importance of warfare in each period. Each chapter outlines major scholarly debates, such as the true nature of hoplite battle and whether Alexander the Great had a strategic vision beyond conquest, and includes several short selections from the primary literary evidence.
Readable yet scholarly, this book is an ideal companion to courses on Greek warfare and society, and offers detailed suggestions for further reading and research. Understanding Greek Warfare will be a crucial resource for students of war in the ancient Greek world, and of the ancient Greeks in general.
List of Figures; List of Maps; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Bronze Age and Homeric Warfare: Achilles vs. Hector?; Chapter 2: The Hoplite Phalanx: The Rise of the Polis; Chapter 3: Greek Naval Warfare: Ruling the Aegean; Chapter 4: Total War: Athens vs. Sparta; Chapter 5: The Fourth Century BCE: Mercenaries and Scoundrels; Chapter 6: Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Crushing the Polis, Conquering the World; Chapter 7: Warfare in the Hellenistic World: The Coming of Rome; Select Bibliography; Index
Matthew A. Sears is an Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He writes on ancient Greek history, society, and culture, and is the author of Athens, Thrace, and the Shaping of Athenian Leadership (2013) and co-author of Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece: A Guide to their History, Topography, and Archaeology (forthcoming).
Date de parution : 02-2019
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 02-2019
15.6x23.4 cm
Mots-clés :
Young Men; Darius III; Greek warfare; Ramesses III; ancient warfare; Hoplite Phalanx; Ancient greek warfare; Fourth Century BCE; war in ancient greece; Light Armed Troops; hellenistic warfare; macedonian warfare; Macedonian Phalanx; macedonian army; Nemea River; Battle of Chaeronea; BCE; Alexander the Great's military stategy; Hoplite Battle; Philip of Macedon's military strategy; Ancient Warships; Hoplite Warfare; macedonian cavalry; Ten Thousand; mercenaries in ancient greece; Athenian Ships; March of the Ten Thousand; Late Bronze Age; Spartan Hoplites; Early Archaic Period; Peloponnesian War; Dionysius II; Athenian navy; Persian Fleet; Athenian naval power; Achaean League; Spartan army; Homeric Battle; Spartan warfare; Greek Naval Warfare; Battle of Salamis; Theban Sacred Band; Persian Wars; battle of marathon; archaic greek warfare; war in the bronze age; bronze age warfare; Mycenaean warfare; Homeric warfare
