The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman warfare. Volume 1, Greece, The Hellenistic World and the ri...
The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman warfare. Volume 1, Greece, The Hellenistic World and the ri...
The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman warfare. Volume 1, Greece, The Hellenistic World and the rise of Rome / Edited by Philip Sabin, Hans van Wees, Michael Whitby. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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BOOK
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English
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1 online resource (xvii, 663 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction: The Historiography of Ancient Warfare -- The modern historiography of ancient warfare / Victor Davis Hanson -- Warfare in ancient literature: the paradox of war / Simon Hornblower -- Reconstructing ancient warfare / Michael Whitby -- Archaic and Classical Greece -- International relati...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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Warfare was the single biggest preoccupation of historians in antiquity. In recent decades fresh textual interpretations, numerous new archaeological discoveries and a much broader analytical focus emphasising social, economic, political and cultural approaches have transformed our understanding of ancient warfare. Volume I of this two-volume Histo...
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The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman warfare. Volume 1, Greece, The Hellenistic World and the rise of Rome / Edited by Philip Sabin, Hans van Wees, Michael Whitby. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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English
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74VKVwNOLg3l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVwNOLg3l
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1-139-05415-5
DDC
355.020938
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991023965623902626
