Soldiers & ghosts : a history of battle in classical antiquity / J.E. Lendon.
Soldiers & ghosts : a history of battle in classical antiquity / J.E. Lendon.
Soldiers & ghosts : a history of battle in classical antiquity / J.E. Lendon.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
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N355.00937/ 16
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English
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xii, 468 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
The Greeks -- I. Fighting in the Iliad -- II. The last Hoplite -- III. Two stubborn Spartans in the Persian War -- IV. The guile of Delium -- V. The arts of war in the early fourth century BC -- VI. Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus -- VII. Hellenistic warfare (323-31 BC) -- The Greeks, con...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
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Connecticut
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c2005.
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"Ranging from the Battle of Champions between Sparta and Argos in 550 BC through Julian's invasion of Persia in 363 AD, Soldiers and Ghosts brings to life the most decisive military contests of ancient Greece and Rome. J. E. Lendon places these battles, and the methods by which they were fought, in a sweeping narrative of ancient military history....
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Soldiers & ghosts : a history of battle in classical antiquity / J.E. Lendon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N355.00937/ 16
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74VKdypylPOl
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0300106637 (hbk.) :
9780300106633 (alk. paper)
0300106637 (alk. paper)
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355.00937
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991020079629702626
