Donald Engels
Biographic Data
| ID | 3952127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald Engels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald |
| FAMILY NAME | Engels |
| SIGNATURE | ENGELS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wellesley College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 183 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Logistics
This chapter summarizes the basic literature on ancient logistics, and addresses the important limitations of the ancient overland transport of food and water. It then explores the responses of military commanders, especially Alexander the Great, to these limitations. Two actual cases are covered, where terrain, climate, weather, troop numbers, the capabilities of land, sea, and river transport had impacted the overall strategy. The first case co…
Classical Cats. The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat
This is the definitive book on classical cats. The cat has played a significant role in history from the earliest times. Well known is its role in the religion and art of ancient Egypt, no less than its association with witchcraft in the Middle Ages. But when did the cat become a domestic companion and worker as well? There has been much debate about the position of the cat in ancient Greece and Rome. Artistic representations are sometimes ambigu…
Roman Corinth
In the second century A.D., was the largest city in Greece. A center of learning, culture, and commerce, it served as the capital of the senatorial province of Achaea and was the focus of apostle Paul's missionary activity. Donald Engels's important revisionist study of this ancient urban area is at once a detailed history of the colony and a provocative socioeconomic analysis. With as an exemplar, Engels challenges the widely held view that larg…
Roman Corinth
The Roman Empire
Preface Abbreviations Map Part I 1. Introducing the Principate 2. A Mediterranean Empire, Addendum 3. Government without Bureaucracy, Addendum 4. Enemies of Rome by M. Goodman, Addendum by M. Goodman Part II 5. An Underdeveloped Economy, Addendum 6. The Land, Addendum 7. Supplying the Roman Empire, Addendum Part III 8. The Social Hierarchy, Addendum 9. Family and Household, Addendum 10. Social Relations, Addendum Part IV 11. Religion, Addendum by…
The Use of Historical Demography in Ancient History
The purpose of this paper is to assess the validity of some methods currently being used to interpret the demographic evidence from the ancient world. For example, it has been claimed that during the Hellenistic and Roman eras, birth rates were 40/1,000/year, death rates 36/1,000/year, and that 10% of healthy infants were killed, raising the death rate to 40/1,000/year; the claims rest on comparative material and anecdotes from literary sources. …
A History of Macedonia Volume 2, 550-336 B.C
Alexander's Intelligence System
It has frequently been recognized that the collection and use of accurate military intelligence was of fundamental importance for the success of Alexander's campaigns. No intelligent strategic or tactical decision can be made by any commander without advance knowledge of an enemy's location, strength, his capabilities and weaknesses, and the geography of the projected campaign. However, an analysis of the procedures Alexander used to obtain and e…
The Problem of Female Infanticide in the Greco-Roman World
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army
The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again.Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fashion to help account for Alexander's strategic decision in the light of the options open…
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army
The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again.Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fashion to help account for Alexander's strategic decision in the light of the options open…
The Problem of Female Infanticide in the Greco-Roman World
Alexander's Intelligence System
It has frequently been recognized that the collection and use of accurate military intelligence was of fundamental importance for the success of Alexander's campaigns. No intelligent strategic or tactical decision can be made by any commander without advance knowledge of an enemy's location, strength, his capabilities and weaknesses, and the geography of the projected campaign. However, an analysis of the procedures Alexander used to obtain and e…
Roman Corinth
In the second century A.D., was the largest city in Greece. A center of learning, culture, and commerce, it served as the capital of the senatorial province of Achaea and was the focus of apostle Paul's missionary activity. Donald Engels's important revisionist study of this ancient urban area is at once a detailed history of the colony and a provocative socioeconomic analysis. With as an exemplar, Engels challenges the widely held view that larg…
The Use of Historical Demography in Ancient History
The purpose of this paper is to assess the validity of some methods currently being used to interpret the demographic evidence from the ancient world. For example, it has been claimed that during the Hellenistic and Roman eras, birth rates were 40/1,000/year, death rates 36/1,000/year, and that 10% of healthy infants were killed, raising the death rate to 40/1,000/year; the claims rest on comparative material and anecdotes from literary sources. …
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army
The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again.Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fashion to help account for Alexander's strategic decision in the light of the options open…
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army
A History of Macedonia Volume 2, 550-336 B.C
Alexander's Intelligence System
It has frequently been recognized that the collection and use of accurate military intelligence was of fundamental importance for the success of Alexander's campaigns. No intelligent strategic or tactical decision can be made by any commander without advance knowledge of an enemy's location, strength, his capabilities and weaknesses, and the geography of the projected campaign. However, an analysis of the procedures Alexander used to obtain and e…
The Problem of Female Infanticide in the Greco-Roman World
The Use of Historical Demography in Ancient History
The purpose of this paper is to assess the validity of some methods currently being used to interpret the demographic evidence from the ancient world. For example, it has been claimed that during the Hellenistic and Roman eras, birth rates were 40/1,000/year, death rates 36/1,000/year, and that 10% of healthy infants were killed, raising the death rate to 40/1,000/year; the claims rest on comparative material and anecdotes from literary sources. …
The Roman Empire
Preface Abbreviations Map Part I 1. Introducing the Principate 2. A Mediterranean Empire, Addendum 3. Government without Bureaucracy, Addendum 4. Enemies of Rome by M. Goodman, Addendum by M. Goodman Part II 5. An Underdeveloped Economy, Addendum 6. The Land, Addendum 7. Supplying the Roman Empire, Addendum Part III 8. The Social Hierarchy, Addendum 9. Family and Household, Addendum 10. Social Relations, Addendum Part IV 11. Religion, Addendum by…
Roman Corinth
In the second century A.D., was the largest city in Greece. A center of learning, culture, and commerce, it served as the capital of the senatorial province of Achaea and was the focus of apostle Paul's missionary activity. Donald Engels's important revisionist study of this ancient urban area is at once a detailed history of the colony and a provocative socioeconomic analysis. With as an exemplar, Engels challenges the widely held view that larg…
Roman Corinth
Classical Cats. The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat
This is the definitive book on classical cats. The cat has played a significant role in history from the earliest times. Well known is its role in the religion and art of ancient Egypt, no less than its association with witchcraft in the Middle Ages. But when did the cat become a domestic companion and worker as well? There has been much debate about the position of the cat in ancient Greece and Rome. Artistic representations are sometimes ambigu…
Logistics
This chapter summarizes the basic literature on ancient logistics, and addresses the important limitations of the ancient overland transport of food and water. It then explores the responses of military commanders, especially Alexander the Great, to these limitations. Two actual cases are covered, where terrain, climate, weather, troop numbers, the capabilities of land, sea, and river transport had impacted the overall strategy. The first case co…
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