Battle in Antiquity
Seiten
2009
Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-1-905125-27-2 (ISBN)
Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-1-905125-27-2 (ISBN)
The experience of warfare shaped soldiers and their families in the ancient world. Drawing partly on modern studies of battle 'syndromes' this collection of essays examines this important phenomenon.
How do fighting men act and feel in battle? How do they deal with the trauma of conflict? What determines the outcome of battle? Modern research on war, notably that of John Keegan and Victor Hanson, has posed these questions with a new acuteness. In the ancient world, warfare was a constant reality. Much ancient literature deals with it. The present collection of original studies applies the new methods, for the first time, to the warriors of Greece, Rome and Pharaonic Egypt. The contributors demonstrate that the battle-experience of Homer's heroes and of Alexander's infantrymen compares surprisingly with that of Wellington's redcoats.
How do fighting men act and feel in battle? How do they deal with the trauma of conflict? What determines the outcome of battle? Modern research on war, notably that of John Keegan and Victor Hanson, has posed these questions with a new acuteness. In the ancient world, warfare was a constant reality. Much ancient literature deals with it. The present collection of original studies applies the new methods, for the first time, to the warriors of Greece, Rome and Pharaonic Egypt. The contributors demonstrate that the battle-experience of Homer's heroes and of Alexander's infantrymen compares surprisingly with that of Wellington's redcoats.
Alan B. Lloyd's publications on classical and Egyptological subjects include a three-volume commentary on Herodotus Book II (1975-88)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.1.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Greece, Rome & Beyond |
| Verlagsort | Swansea |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 443 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-905125-27-5 / 1905125275 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-905125-27-2 / 9781905125272 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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