The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-049913-6 (ISBN)
War lay at the heart of life in the classical world, from conflicts between tribes or states to internal or civil wars. Battles were resolved by violent face-to-face encounters: war was a very personal experience. At the same time, warfare and its conduct often had significant and wide-reaching economic, social, or political consequences. The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World offers a critical examination of war and organized violence. The volume's introduction begins with the ancient sources for the writing of war, preceded by broad surveys of warfare in ancient Greece and Rome. Also included herein are chapters analyzing new finds in battlefield archaeology and how the environment affected the ancient practice of war. A second section is comprised of broad narratives of classical societies at war, covering the expanse from classical Greece through to the later Roman Empire. Part III contains thematic discussions that examine closely the nature of battle: what soldiers experienced as they fought; the challenges of conducting war at sea; how the wounded were treated. A final section offers six exemplary case studies, including analyses of the Peloponnesian War, the Second Punic War, and Rome's war with Sasanid Persia. The handbook closes with an epilogue that explores the legacy of classical warfare. Authored by experts in classics, ancient history, and archaeology, this handbook presents a vibrant map of the field of classical warfare studies.
Brian Campbell is Professor of Roman History at Queen's University Belfast. Lawrence A. Tritle is Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University.
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Abbreviations and Spelling Norms
Chronology
Editors' Introduction
PART I Introduction: The Classical World at War
1. War and Warfare in Ancient Greece
L. Rawlings
2. War and Warfare in Ancient Rome
Randall Howarth
3. Writers on War
a. Greece: Winning Ways in Warfare
P.C. Millett
b. Rome: A Story of Conflict
Michael Lovano
4. The Archeology of War
S. James
5. Warfare and Environment in the Ancient World
J. Donald Hughes
PART II The Face of Battle in the Classical World
6. The Classical Greek Experience
John W.I. Lee
7. The Three Thousand: Alexander's Infantry Guard
Waldemar Heckel
8. The Hellenistic Experience with War: Stagnation or Development?
John Serrati
9. War and Society in Greece
N. Sekunda
10. The Rise of Rome
Michael Sage
11. War in Imperial Rome
Phyllis Culham
12. War and Society in the Roman Empire
Colin Adams
PART III Impacts and Techniques: War in the Classical World
13. Men at War
L.A. Tritle
14. Sick and Wounded
Christine Salazar
15. Discipline
Stefan Chrissanthos
16. Mercenaries
Matthew Trundle
17. Logistics: Sinews of War
Donald Engels
18. War at Sea
Philip de Souza
19. Arms and Armor
a. Greek
Eero Jarva
b. Roman
Duncan B. Campbell
20. Under Siege: Challenges, Experiences, and Emotions
Angelos Chaniotis
21. Generalship
Rosemary Moore
22. Military Intelligence
Frank Russell
23. War and Animals
Ann Hyland
a. Horses for War: Breeding and Keeping a Warhorse
b. The Development and Training of Cavalry in Greece and Rome
24. Greek Rituals of War
Daniel Tompkins
25. Roman Rituals of War
John Rich
26. Fighting the Other
a. Achaemenid Persians
Bruce Laforse
b. The Germanic and Danubian Transfrontier Peoples
Peter Wells
c. Military and Society in Sasanian Iran
Scott McDonough
PART IV Case Studies: The Classical World at War
27. The Athenian Expedition to Sicily
Lee Brice
28. The Peloponnesian War and its Sieges
Michael Seaman
29. Epaminondas at Leuctra, 371 BC
John Buckler
30. Demetrius Poliorcetes and Hellenistic Warfare
Thomas R. Martin
31. The Second Punic War
Dexter Hoyos
32. The Eastern Frontier in Late Antiquity: Roman Warfare with Sasanian Persia
A.D. Lee
EPILOGUE: The Legacy of Classical Warfare
Thomas Palaima and L.A. Tritle
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.08.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Handbooks |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 246 x 165 mm |
| Gewicht | 1338 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-049913-3 / 0190499133 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-049913-6 / 9780190499136 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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