The Many Faces of War in the Ancient World

The Many Faces of War in the Ancient World
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9781443882408
ISBN-13 : 1443882402
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Book Synopsis The Many Faces of War in the Ancient World by : Graham Wrightson

Download or read book The Many Faces of War in the Ancient World written by Graham Wrightson and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume on different aspects of warfare and its political implications in the ancient world brings together the works of both established and younger scholars working on a historical period that stretches from the archaic period of Greece to the late Roman Empire. With its focus on cultural and social history, it presents an overview of several current issues concerning the “new” military history. The book contains papers that can be conveniently divided into three parts. Part I is composed of three papers primarily concerned with archaic and classical Greece, though the third covers a wide range and relates the experience of the ancient Greeks to that of soldiers in the modern world – one might even argue that the comparison works in reverse. Part II comprises five papers on warfare in the age of Alexander the Great and on its reception early in the Hellenistic period. These demonstrate that the study of Alexander as a military figure is hardly a well-worn theme, but rather in its relative infancy, whether the approach is the tried and true (and wrongly disparaged) method of Quellenforschung or that of “experiencing war,” something that has recently come into fashion. Part III offers three papers on war in the time of Imperial Rome, particularly on the fringes of the Empire. Covering a wide chronological span, Greek, Macedonian and Roman cultures and various topics, this volume shows the importance and actuality of research on the history of war and the diversity of the approaches to this task, as well as the different angles from which it can be analysed.


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