Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience

by: Hanson, V.D.

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Hoplites : the classical Greek battle experience
Author:Victor Davis Hanson

Annotation Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece. The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British scholars, emphasizes the actual techniques of fighting and practical concerns as the use of commands, music in warfare, the use of "dog-tags", and ritual on the battlefield

Contents:
The ideology of hoplite battle, ancient and modern / Victor Davis Hanson
The men and their equipment. Hoplite weapons and offensive arms / J.K. Anderson
The identification and retrieval of the hoplite battle-dead / Pamela Vaughn
Hoplite technology in phalanx battle / Victor Davis Hanson
The environment of battle. The killing zone / John Lazenby
The salpinx in Greek warfare / Peter Krentz
The general as hoplite / Everett L. Wheeler
The rules of the game : hoplite tradition and practice. Hoplites and obstacles / Josiah Ober
Sacrifice before battle / Michael H. Jameson
Hoplites and the gods : the dedication of captured arms and armour / A.H. Jackson
The future of Greek military history / Victor Davis Hanson

xvi, 286 p. ; 22 cm.
 

Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience

by: Hanson, V.D.

• ISBN-13: 9780415098168 / 978-0-415-09816-8
• ISBN-03: 0415098165 / 0-415-09816-5
• Routledge, London, 1994

Price: 39,00 EURO

1 copy in stock