Warfare in the Ancient World

by: Hackett, J.

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Warfare in the ancient world
Author:John Hackett

Examining military systems and their evolution from the earliest recorded times to the late Roman Empire, this work analyzes, period by period, the organization, tactics, armour and weaponry of armies, from the host of the Egyptian pharaohs to the army which shored up the crumbling Roman Empire.

Contents:
The beginnings of warfare / Trevor Watkins
The Assyrians / D.J. Wiseman
Hoplite warfare / John Lazenby
The Persians / Nick Sekunda
Alexander the Great / Albert Devine
Hellenistic warfare / Nick Sekunda
The early Roman army / Peter Connolly
The Roman army in the age of Polybius / Peter Connolly
The Roman army of the later Republic / Lawrence Keppie
The Empire / Brian Dobson
The late-Roman empire / Roger Tomlin

256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm

Warfare in the Ancient World

by: Hackett, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780283995910 / 978-0-283-99591-0
• ISBN-03: 0283995912 / 0-283-99591-2
• Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, , 1989

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock