New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare[electronic Resource]Ten leading scholars of ancient warfare offer new insights on several aspects of military activity 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. The studies illustrate the ways in which technology, innovation, cultural exchange and tactical developments transformed ancient warfare. Papers survey the armies of Assyria and Persia, the important role of navies and money in transforming Greek warfare, and how Romans learned to fight as soldiers and generals. "New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare" will inspire debate for years to come about the military systems of the ancient world. Contributors are Garrett Fagan, Matthew Trundle, Fernando Rey, Robin Archer, Chris Tuplin, Hans Van Wees, Louis Rawlings, Peter Krentz, Nathan Rosenstein and David Potter |
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Table des matières
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In Search of Achaemenid Persian Cavalry | 101 |
5 A Cup by Douris and the Battle of Marathon | 183 |
Naval Warfare and Finance in Archaic Eretria | 205 |
7 Coinage and the Transformation of Greek Warfare | 227 |
Questions and Assumptions | 253 |
9 Phalanges In Rome? | 289 |
10 Caesar and the Helvetians | 305 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Index | 359 |
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Achaemenid Ancient appear Archaic archers archive ARV2 Assurbanipal Assyrian Athenian Athens battle battlefield Beazley British Museum Bronze Age Caesar Cambridge Univ campaign Carthage Carthaginians cavalry cavalrymen century bce chariot chariotry CHGRW Classical Coinage coins combat context crews cuirass defeat Diod Douris early Egyptian empire enemy equestrian equipment Eretria evidence example Fagan fighting fleet force fought fourth century Greece Greek Warfare Hanson Hellenistic Herodotus History hoplite horsemen horses idem images imperial infantry inscriptions Iranian king king’s legions Livy London Macedonian maniples Marathon Marius mercenaries military narrative naval navy Oxford penteconters perhaps Persepolis Persian cavalry phalanx Plataea Plut Polyaenus Polyb Polybius Press riders role Roman Army Rome Routledge royal Sargon Sarissa Scythian Second Punic Second Punic War shield ships siege soldiers sources Spartan spears suggests tactical thalassocracy Thuc Thucydides tion triremes troops wage wars warships weapons Wees Xenophon

