The Oxford handbook of warfare in the classical world / edited by Brian Campbell and Lawrence A. Tritle.

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Other Authors: Campbell, J. B., Tritle, Lawrence A., 1946-
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013], ©2013.
Subjects:
Military art and science > History > To 500.
Military history, Ancient.
Military art and science > Rome > History.
Military art and science > Greece > History > To 500.
Rome > History, Military.
Greece > History, Military > To 146 B.C.
Physical Description:xxxi, 783 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chronology
  • Editors' introduction
  • Introduction: the classical world at war
  • War and warfare in ancient Greece / L. Rawlings
  • War and warfare in ancient rome / Randall Howarth
  • Writers on war. A. Greece: winning ways in warfare / P.C. Millett
  • B. Rome: a story of conflict / Michael Lovano
  • The archeology of war / S. James
  • Warfare and environment in the ancient world / J. Donald Hughes
  • The face of battle in the classical world
  • The classical Greek experience / John W.I. Lee
  • The three thousand: Alexander's infantry guard / Waldemar Heckel
  • The hellenistic experience with war: stagnation or development? / John Serrati
  • War and society in Greece / N. Sekunda
  • The rise of Rome / Michael Sage
  • War in Imperial Rome / Phyllis Culham
  • War and society in the Roman Empire / Colin Adams
  • Impacts and techniques: war in the classical world
  • Men at war / L.A. Tritle
  • Sick and wounded / Christine Salazar
  • Discipline / Stefan Chrissanthos
  • Mercenaries / Matthew Trundle
  • Logistics: sinews of war / Donald Engels
  • War at sea / Philip de Souza
  • Arms and armor. a. greek / Eero Jarva B. Roman / Duncan B. Campbell
  • Under siege: challenges, experiences, and emotions / Angelos Chaniotis
  • Generalship / Rosemary Moore
  • Military intelligence / Frank Russell
  • War and animals / Ann Hyland
  • A. Horses for war: breeding and keeping a warhorse
  • B. The development and training of cavalry in Greece and rome
  • Greek rituals of war / Daniel Tompkins
  • Roman rituals of war / John Rich
  • Fighting the other. A. Achaemenid Persians / Bruce Laforse
  • B. The Germanic and Danubian transfrontier peoples / Peter Wells
  • Military and society in Sasanian Iran / Scott McDonough
  • Case studies: the classical world at war
  • The Athenian expedition to Sicily / Lee Brice
  • The Peloponnesian War and its sieges / Michael Seaman
  • Epaminondas at Leuctra, 371 BC / John Buckler
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes and hellenistic warfare / Thomas R. Martin
  • The second Punic War / Dexter Hoyos
  • The eastern frontier in late antiquity: Roman warfare with Sasanian persia / A.D. Lee
  • Epilogue: The legacy of classical warfare / Thomas Palaima and L.A. Tritle.