Michael Sage

Warfare in Ancient Greece

A Sourcebook

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For the Greek polis, warfare was a more usual state of affairs than peace. The documents assembled here recreate the social and historical framework in which ancient Greek warfare took place - over a period of more than a thousand years from the Homeric Age to the first century BC. Special attention is paid to the attitudes and feelings of the Greeks towards defeated peoples and captured cities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780415143554
• ISBN-10: 0415143551
• Artikelnr.: 22364074

Autorenporträt

Michael M Sage is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Cincinnati. He has published widely on Tacitus and aspects of ancient military history

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
EARLY GREEK WARFARE: HOMER AND THE DARK AGES
The hero and the heroic code
Weapons and preparation for battle
The practice of Homeric warfare
The results of war
The Dark Ages
2 THE AGE OF HOPLITE WARFARE
Introduction
Army organization
Light-armed troops
Cavalry
Provisioning and supply armies 55 Military and naval pay
Military command
Treaties of alliance
Hoplite battles
Greeks and non-Greeks in battle: the Persian War
The aftermath of battle
Siege warfare
Greeks and non-Greeks
The spoils of war
Truces and peace treaties
3 THE FOURTH CENTURY
Tactical developments
The use of light-armed troops
Mercenaries
Siege warfare
4 THE RISE OF MACEDONIA: PHILIP AND ALEXANDER
The early Macedonian army
Philip II and the development of the Macedonian army
Alexander the Great
5 HELLENISTIC WARFARE
Some common causes of war
Hellenistic armies
The armies of the great powers