Circum mare : themes in ancient warfare

Circum mare : themes in ancient warfare / edited by Jeremy Armstrong ; with a foreword by Lee L. Brice.

This volume presents a thematic approach to current directions in ancient military studies with case studies on topics including the economics of warfare, military cohesion, military authority, irregular warfare, and sieges. Bringing together work from across the Mediterranean world, ranging from Ph...

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Other Authors: Armstrong, Jeremy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Mnemosyne / supplements ; volume 388
Subjects:
To 1500
Military art and science > Mediterranean Region > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Military art and science
Mediterranean Region > History, Military > To 1500.
Mediterranean Region
History
Military history
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter / Jeremy Armstrong
  • War and Society in the Ancient World: An Introduction / Jeremy Armstrong
  • Simple Words, Simple Pictures: The Link between the Snapshots of Battle and the War Diary Entries in Ancient Egypt / Anthony Spalinger
  • Caesar's Exempla and the Role of Centurions in Battle / David Nolan
  • Coinage and the Economics of the Athenian Empire / Matthew Trundle
  • Tributum in the Middle Republic / Nathan Rosenstein
  • The Ties that Bind: Military Cohesion in Archaic Rome / Jeremy Armstrong
  • Sacramentum Militiae: Empty Words in an Age of Chaos / Mark Hebblewhite
  • Circumscribing Imperium: Power and Regulation in the Republican Province / Ralph Covino
  • The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues: The Perspective of Collective Action / James Kierstead
  • 'Warlordism' and the Disintegration of the Western Roman Army / Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele
  • The Significance of Insignificant Engagements: Irregular Warfare during the Punic Wars / Louis Rawlings
  • 'Siege Warfare' in Ancient Egypt, as Derived from Select Royal and Private Battle Scenes / Brett H. Heagren
  • Tissaphernes and the Achaemenid Defense of Western Anatolia, 412-395 BC / John W.I. Lee
  • Bibliography / Jeremy Armstrong
  • Index / Jeremy Armstrong.

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