Overview

Ten leading scholars of ancient warfare offer new insights on several aspects of military activity from the Later Bronze Age to the Roman Empire. They make significant contributions to understanding warfare on land and sea, to the social and economic aspects of war, and to battlefield experience. The studies illustrate the ways in which technology, innovation, cultural exchange and tactical developments transformed ancient warfare. Papers survey the armies of Assyria and Persia, the important role of navies and money in transforming Greek warfare, and how Romans learned to fight as soldiers and generals. New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare will inspire debate for years to come about the military systems of the ancient world. Contributors are Garrett Fagan, Matthew Trundle, Fernando Rey, Robin Archer, Chris Tuplin, Hans Van Wees, Louis Rawlings, Peter Krentz, Nathan Rosenstein and David Potter

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Author:   Garrett Fagan ,  Matthew Trundle
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   59
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.769kg
ISBN:  

9789004185982

ISBN 10:   9004185984
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   12 July 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ..vii Abbreviations ..ix List of Illustrations ..xi Introduction ..1 1. Weapons, Technological Determinism, and Ancient Warfare ..21 Fernando Echeverria Rey 2. Chariotry to Cavalry: Developments in the Early First Millennium ..57 Robin Archer 3. I Fell upon Him like a Furious Arrow : Toward a Reconstruction of the Assyrian Tactical System ..81 Garrett G. Fagan 4. All the King's Horse: In Search of Achaemenid Persian Cavalry..101 Christopher Tuplin 5. A Cup by Douris and the Battle of Marathon ..183 Peter Krentz 6. Those Who Sail Are to Receive a Wage : Naval Warfare and Finance in Archaic Eretria ..205 Hans van Wees 7. Coinage and the Transformation of Greek Warfare ..227 Matthew Trundle 8. The Carthaginian Navy: Questions and Assumptions ..253 Louis Rawlings 9. Phalanges In Rome? ..289 Nathan Rosenstein 10. Caesar and the Helvetians ..305 David Potter Bibliography ..331 Index ..357

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Garrett G. Fagan, PhD (1993) in Roman Studies, McMaster University is Associate Professor of CAMS and History at Penn State University. He has published Bathing in Public in the Roman World (1999). His next book, The Lure of the Arena, will appear in 2010. Matthew Trundle, PhD (1997), in Ancient History, McMaster University, is Senior Lecturer in Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published extensively on Greek warfare's relationship to Greek society including Greek Mercenaries (Routledge, 2004).

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