The Ancient Greeks at War

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ID9378980
AuthorsLouis Rawlings (0000-0002-9627-7367, corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages223-227
Publication date2007-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAncient Greeks at War (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWinchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7228/manchester/9780719056574.001.0001
OpenAlexW1893123793
Open LibraryOL10531655M
ISBN9780719056574
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDx3a5DwAAQBAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited1

The ancient Greeks experienced war in many forms. By land and by sea, they conducted raids, ambushes, battles and sieges; they embarked on campaigns of intimidation, conquest and annihilation; they fought against fellow Greeks and non-Greeks. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and archaeological material, this wide-ranging synthesis looks at the practicalities of Greek warfare and its wider social ramifications. Alongside discussions of the nature and role of battle, logistics, strategy and equipment are examinations of other fundamentals of war: religious and economic factors, militarism and martial values, and the relationships between the individual and the community, before, during and after wars. The book takes account of the main developments of modern scholarship in the field, engaging with the many theories and interpretations that have been advanced in recent years

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Battle · Greeks · Historiography · Literature · Militarism · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Siege · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · ancient · Ancient - Greece · Ancient Military history · Armies · European history: BCE to c 500 CE · Greece · History - General History · Military · Military art and science · Military history · Society · to 500 · War and society

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