Ancient warfare — Details & Specifications

Title Statements

Full title :Ancient warfare : introducing current research / edited by Geoff Lee, Helene Whittaker and Graham Wrightson.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015-

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Place of Publication:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015-

Notes

Most of the chapters were developed from papers presented at the International Ancient Warfare Conference held in Aberystwyth, Wales, September 18-20, 2013.

The Physical Object

Description:volumes ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1443876941, 9781443876940
oclc:ocn938434967
LC Classification:U29

Vol. I. Symbolic aspects of warfare in Minoan Crete / Helene Whittaker -- Death of a swordsman, death of a sword: the killing of swords in the Early Iron Age Aegean (ca. 1050 to ca. 690 B.C.E.) / Dr. Matthew Lloyd -- Filling the gaps: catapults and philon of Byzantium / Dr. Aimee Schofield -- Aeneas Tacticus and small units in Greek warfare / Dr. Nick Barley -- To use or not to use: the practical and historical reliability of Asclepiodotus's 'philosophical' tactical manual / Dr. Graham Wrightson -- Furious wrath: Alexander's siege of Thebes and Perdiccas' false retreat / Dr. Borja Antela-Bernardez -- Civil war and counterinsurgency in Greece: rival systems of hegemony during the fourth century BC / Konstantinos Lentakis -- The problem of the four hundred wagons: the provisioning of the ten thousand on the March to Cunaxa / Dr. Stephen O'Connor -- War as training, war as spectacle: the Hippika Gymnasia from Xenophon to Arrian / Dr. Anna Busetto -- Trouble comes in threes: from chariot to cavalry in the 'Celtic' world / Alberto Perez-Rubio -- The Late Bronze, Early Iron Age transition: changes in warriors and warfare and the earliest recorded naval battles / Dr. Jeffrey P. Emanuel -…

Subjects

Art et science militaires Art et science militaires -- Congrès. -… Art et science militaires -- Congrès. -… Art et science militaires -- Congrès. -… Conference papers and proceedings Grèce -- Histoire militaire Greece History Military art and science Military art and science -- Congresses.… Military art and science -- Congresses.… Military art and science -- Congresses.… Military art and science -- History -- … Military art and science -- History -- … Military history, Ancient Rome (Empire) To 1500