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Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece

Author : C. Jacob Butera
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473889995
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece written by C. Jacob Butera and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This useful work will appeal to a wide audience, from military buffs to historically minded tourists (and their guides), to students and scholars.” —Choice Greece was the scene of some of the most evocative and decisive battles in the ancient world. This volume brings together the ancient evidence and modern scholarship on twenty battlefields throughout Greece. It is a handy resource for visitors of every level of experience, from the member of a guided tour to the veteran military historian. The introductory chapter outlines some of the most pressing and interesting issues in the study of Ancient Greek battles and battlefields and offers a crash course on ancient warfare. Twenty lively chapters explore battlefields selected for both their historical importance and their inspiring sites. In addition to accessible overviews of each battle, this book provides all the information needed for an intellectually and aesthetically rewarding visit, including transport and travel details, museum overviews, and further reading.

Fields of Battle

Author : Richard Evans
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848847963
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Fields of Battle written by Richard Evans and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record. Details, especially those related to topographical and geographical issues which can have a fundamental importance to military actions, are left tantalisingly unclear to the modern reader. The evidence from archaeological excavation work can sometimes fill in a gap in our understanding, but such an approach remains uncommon in studying ancient battles. By combining the ancient sources and latest archaeological findings with his personal observations on the ground, Richard Evans brings new perspectives to the dramatic events of the distant past. The campaigns and battles selected for this volume are: Ionian Revolt (499-493BC), Marathon (490 BC), Thermopylai (480 BC), Ilerda (49 BC) and Bedriacum (AD69).

Battle in Antiquity

Author : Alan B. Lloyd
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
ISBN 13 : 1910589381
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Battle in Antiquity written by Alan B. Lloyd and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Ancient Battle-Fields

Author : Charles Hardwick
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752333987
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Battle-Fields written by Charles Hardwick and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Ancient Battle-Fields by Charles Hardwick

Beyond the Battlefields

Author : Edward Bragg
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527565629
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Battlefields written by Edward Bragg and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Battlefields explores the relationship between warfare and society in the Graeco-Roman world through the various lenses of history, art, literature and archaeology. The study of ancient warfare often evokes images of crusty old scholars pouring over battle tactics and strategy. This book, a collection of thirteen essays by young scholars, examines the political, social, economic and artistic affects of war in ancient society in Greece and Rome, from Homeric times to the sixth century AD. Essays focus on a wide range of topics from espionage and ancient spin doctors to fantasies of peace in the Iliad and triumphal plants. Each article in this book presents the next scholarly generation’s new and dynamic approach to ancient warfare and seeks to demonstrate how much there is still to learn and understand about ancient society and warfare if we venture beyond the battlefields. “This volume represents a new wave of interest in warfare as a far more than merely military phenomenon.” Professors Brian Campbell and Hans Van Wees, excerpt from the Introduction.

Battlefields from Event to Heritage

Author : John Carman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192599380
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Battlefields from Event to Heritage written by John Carman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is — or makes a place — a 'historic battlefield'? From one perspective the answer is simple — it is a place where large numbers of people came together in an organised manner to fight one another at some point in the past. Yet from another perspective it is far more difficult to say. Why any such location is a place of battle rather than any other kind of event, and why it is especially historic, is hard to identify. This book sets out an answer to the question of what a historic battlefield is in the modern imagination, drawing upon examples from prehistory to the 20th century. Treating battles as events in the past and battlefields as places in the present, this book exposes the complexity of the concept of a historic battlefield and how it forms part of a Western understanding of the world. Taking its lead from new developments in battlefield study, especially archaeological approaches, it establishes a means by which these new approaches can contribute to a more radical thinking about war and conflict, especially to Critical Military and Critical Security studies. The book goes beyond the study of battles as separate and unique events to consider what they mean to us and why we need them to have particular characteristics. It will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, and students of modern war in all its forms.

Fields of Death

Author : Richard Evans
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848847971
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Fields of Death written by Richard Evans and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record. Details, especially those related to topographical and geographical issues which can have a fundamental importance to military actions, are left tantalisingly unclear to the modern reader. The evidence from archaeological excavation work can sometimes fill in a gap in our understanding, but such an approach remains uncommon in studying ancient battles. By combining the ancient sources and latest archaeological findings with his personal observations on the ground, Richard Evans brings new perspectives to the dramatic events of the distant past. For example, why did armies miss one another in what we might today consider relatively benign terrain? Just how important was the terrain in determining victory or defeat in these clashes.??The author has carefully selected battles and sieges to explore, first of all to identify their locations and see how these fit with the ancient evidence. He then examines the historical episodes themselves, offering new observations from first-hand study of the field of battle along with up-to-date photographs, maps and diagrams. In the process he discusses whether and how the terrain has since been changed by land use, erosion and other factors, and the extent to which what we see today represents a real connection with the dramatic events of the distant past. This first volume considers: ??1. The Greek Victory over the Persians at Marathon (490 BC)?2. Leonidas and his Three Hundred Spartans at Thermopylae (480 BC)?3. The Athenian Siege of Syracuse (414-413 BC)?4. The Syracusan Siege of Motya (397 BC)?5. Alexander's Defeat of Darius at Issus (333 BC)?6. Hannibal's Victory at Cannae (216 BC)?7. Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Philip V at Cynoscephalae (197 BC)?8. Gaius Marius' Victory over the Teutones at Aquae Sextiae (102 BC)?9. Octavian versus Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt: The Battle of Actium (31 BC)?10. The First Battle of Bedriacum (April AD 69)

On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations

Author : Charles Hardwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations written by Charles Hardwick and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fields of Death

Author : Richard Evans
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473829895
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Fields of Death written by Richard Evans and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record. Details, especially those related to topographical and geographical issues which can have a fundamental importance to military actions, are left tantalisingly unclear to the modern reader. The evidence from archaeological excavation work can sometimes fill in a gap in our understanding, but such an approach remains uncommon in studying ancient battles. By combining the ancient sources and latest archaeological findings with his personal observations on the ground, Richard Evans brings new perspectives to the dramatic events of the distant past. For example, why did armies miss one another in what we might today consider relatively benign terrain? Just how important was the terrain in determining victory or defeat in these clashes.The author has carefully selected battles and sieges to explore, first of all to identify their locations and see how these fit with the ancient evidence. He then examines the historical episodes themselves, offering new observations from first-hand study of the field of battle along with up-to-date photographs, maps and diagrams. In the process he discusses whether and how the terrain has since been changed by land use, erosion and other factors, and the extent to which what we see today represents a real connection with the dramatic events of the distant past. This first volume considers: 1. The Greek Victory over the Persians at Marathon (490 BC)2. Leonidas and his Three Hundred Spartans at Thermopylae (480 BC)3. The Athenian Siege of Syracuse (414-413 BC)4. The Syracusan Siege of Motya (397 BC)5. Alexander's Defeat of Darius at Issus (333 BC)6. Hannibal's Victory at Cannae (216 BC)7. Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Philip V at Cynoscephalae (197 BC)8. Gaius Marius' Victory over the Teutones at Aquae Sextiae (102 BC)9. Octavian versus Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt: The Battle of Actium (31 BC)10. The First Battle of Bedriacum (April AD 69)

The Quest for the Lost Roman Legions

Author : Tony Clunn
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611210089
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for the Lost Roman Legions written by Tony Clunn and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2009-09-19 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an ancient ambush that devastated Rome—and the modern-day hunt that finally revealed its location and its archaeological treasures. In 9 A.D., the seventeenth, eighteenth, & nineteenth Roman legions and their auxiliary troops under the command of Publius Quinctilius Varus vanished in the boggy wilds of Germania. They died singly and by the hundreds over several days in a carefully planned ambush led by Arminius—a Roman-trained German warrior adopted and subsequently knighted by the Romans, but determined to stop Rome’s advance east beyond the Rhine River. By the time it was over, some 25,000 men, women, and children were dead and the course of European history had been forever altered. “Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!” Emperor Augustus agonized aloud when he learned of the devastating loss. As decades passed, the location of the Varus defeat, one of the Western world’s most important battlefields, was lost to history. It remained so for two millennia. Fueled by an unshakable curiosity and burning interest in the story, a British Major named J. A. S. (Tony) Clunn delved into the nooks and crannies of times past. By sheer persistence and good luck, he turned the foundation of German national history on its ear. Convinced the running battle took place north of Osnabruck, Germany, Clunn set out to prove his point. His discovery of large numbers of Roman coins in the late 1980s, followed by a flood of thousands of other artifacts (including weapons and human remains), ended the mystery once and for all. Archaeologists and historians across the world agreed. Today, a state-of-the-art museum houses and interprets these priceless historical treasures on the very site Varus’s legions were lost. The Quest for the Lost Roman Legions is a masterful retelling of Clunn’s search to discover the Varus battlefield. His well-paced and vivid writing style makes for a compelling read as he alternates between his incredible modern quest and the ancient tale of the Roman occupation of Germany—based upon actual finds from the battlefield—that ultimately ended so tragically in the peat bogs of Kalkriese.

Battlefield

Author : Richard Holmes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019280653X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Battlefield written by Richard Holmes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Battlefield' tells the stories of the important clashes in world history. It covers battles from ancient Egypt to the Second Gulf war, placing them chronologically within their tactical, technological, and historical context. Detailed maps help portray the course of famous battles and campaigns.

Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle

Author : Charles Jean Jacques Jos Ardant Du Picq
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780353017504
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle written by Charles Jean Jacques Jos Ardant Du Picq and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Fields of Conflict [2 Volumes]

Author : Lawrence Babits
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0275993159
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Fields of Conflict [2 Volumes] written by Lawrence Babits and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2006-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battlefield archaeology is a crucial tool for understanding how battles are fought and won. This volume explores the ways in which battlefield archaeology clarifies our understanding of military tactics and strategy over the last 2000 years.

On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations

Author : Charles Hardwick
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385401909
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations written by Charles Hardwick and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire and Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations

Author : Charles Hardwick
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385401895
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Battles Map by Map

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744048265
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Battles Map by Map written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps. Covering everything from the battlefields of the ancient world to the bomb-scarred landscapes of World War II and beyond, this ebook includes engrossing maps telling the story of history's most famous battles. Using brand new, in-depth maps and expert analysis, see for yourself how legendary military milestones were won and lost, and how tactics, technology, vision, and luck have all played a part in the outcome of wars throughout history. Additionally, historic paintings, photographs, and objects take you to the heart of the action; profiles introduce famous commanders and military leaders and analyze their achievements; and the impact of groundbreaking weapons and battlefield innovations is revealed. Bursting with lavish illustrations and full of fascinating detail, Battles Map by Map is the ultimate history ebook for map lovers, military history enthusiasts, and armchair generals everywhere.

Ten Caesars

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451668848
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Ten Caesars written by Barry Strauss and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. In this essential and “enlightening” (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome’s legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business—the government of an empire—by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is a “captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of transformative figures” (Publishers Weekly). This “superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today” (The Wall Street Journal).