Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek WarfareScarecrow Press, 7. mai 2002 - 456 pages This resource strategically traces Greek warfare from 720 to 30 BC and its specific and extensive details-the wars, the troops, the armor, the military tactics, and other factors either affecting or affected by the wars. Read how warfare evolved during the centuries in ancient Greece from rudimentary, non-sophisticated strategies and weaponry to more complex arsenals and tactics. Includes entries on many aspects of war for which ancient Greece is historically recognized, as well as profiles of famous military and civilian leaders, including Alcibiades and Alexander the Great, who were involved in the battles on both land and sea. An extensive bibliography suggests further reading of interest. No other general work on ancient Greek warfare covers the entire period included in this volume. |
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Achaean League Aetolian League Agathocles Agesilaus Alcibiades Alexander Alexander’s alliance allies Anab Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus II Gonatas Antiochus Antiochus III Antipater archers Argos army Asia Minor Athenian Athens attack Attalus Attica battle besieged Boeotia campaign captured Carthaginian cavalry Cleomenes coalition command contingent Corcyra Corinth Corinthian Delian League Demetrius I Poliorcetes Demosthenes deployed Diod Dionysius Egypt empire enemy Epirus Euboea Eumenes expedition fifth century fleet force fought fourth century garrison Greece Greek warfare Hell Hellenistic hoplites infantry invaded invasion Ionian island killed king land light troops Lysimachus Macedon Macedonian major Mantinea mercenaries Messenian military Mithridates Monophthalmus naval Peace Pelopidas Peloponnese Peloponnesian League Peloponnesian War peltasts Perdiccas Pergamum phalanx Philip Phocis Plataea psiloi light Ptolemy Pyrrhus revolt Roman Rome Second Persian Seleucid Seleucus ships Sicily siege Soter Spartan strategos success surrender Syracuse Syria territory Theban Thebes Thessalian Thessaly Thrace Thuc Thucydides triremes victory Xenophon