Greek Warriors - Carolyn Willekes

Greek Warriors

Hoplites and Heroes
Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2017
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-61200-515-7 (ISBN)
9,95 inkl. MwSt
This expert introduction explores the life and training of the citizen soldiers of the Greek city states, and how they fought against other Greek citizen armies and against the threat of Persia.
Thermopylae, Marathon: though fought 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece, the names of these battles are more familiar to many than battles fought in the last half-century, but our concept of the men who fought in these battles may be more a product of Hollywood than Greece.

Shaped by the landscape in which they fought, the warriors of Ancient Greece were mainly heavy infantry. While Bronze Age Greeks fought as individuals, for personal glory, the soldiers of the Classical city states fought as hoplites, armed with long spears and large shields, in an organised formation called the phalanx.

As well as fighting among themselves, notably the thirty-year Peloponnesian War fought between Athens and Sparta and immortalised by Thucydides, the city states came together to fight outside threats. The Persian Wars lasted nearly half a century, and saw the Greek armies come together to fend off several massive Persian forces both on land and at sea.

This book sketches the change from heroic to hoplite warfare, and discusses the equipment and training of both the citizen soldiers of most Greek cities, and the professional soldiers of Sparta.

Carolyn Willekes is a lecturer in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary. She is a specialist in Greek history and archaeology, especially the late Classical and Hellenistic periods, and with a particular interest in cavalry and horse culture

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Casemate Short History
Zusatzinfo 30 b/w illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 125 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-61200-515-2 / 1612005152
ISBN-13 978-1-61200-515-7 / 9781612005157
Zustand Neuware
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