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Ten leading scholars of ancient warfare offer new insights on several aspects of military history from the Later Bronze Age to the Roman Empire. They make significant contributions to understanding warfare on land and sea, to the social and economic aspects of war, and to battlefield experience.
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| Published: |
Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
History of warfare,
volume 59 |
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| Summary: |
Ten leading scholars of ancient warfare offer new insights on several aspects of military history from the Later Bronze Age to the Roman Empire. They make significant contributions to understanding warfare on land and sea, to the social and economic aspects of war, and to battlefield experience. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 372 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-358) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004185982 (hardback) : 9004185984 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | U29 |
| CLC: | E19 |
| Call Number: | E19/N532-1 |
| Contents: | Weapons, technological determinism, and ancient warfare / Fernando Echeverria Rey -- Chariotry to calvary : developments in the early first millennium / Robin Archer -- "I fell upon him like a furious arrow" : toward a reconstruction of the Assyrian tactical system / Garrett G. Fagan -- All the king's horse : in search of Achaemenid Persian cavalry / Christopher Tuplin -- A cup by Douris and the Battle of Marathon / Peter Krentz -- "Those who sail are to receive a wage" : naval warfare and finance in Archaic Eretria / Hans van Wees -- Coinage and the transformation of Greek warfare / Matthew |