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Author : Harold Martin Hack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Epaminondas and the Theban Hegemony written by Harold Martin Hack and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004407677
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Empires of the Sea written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a category for the (comparative) study of premodern empires, and from a partly ‘non-western’ perspective. The book includes contributions on Mycenaean sea power, Classical Athens, the ancient Thebans, Ptolemaic Egypt, The Genoese Empire, power networks of the Vikings, the medieval Danish Empire, the Baltic empire of Ancien Régime Sweden, the early modern Indian Ocean, the Melaka Empire, the (non-European aspects of the) Portuguese Empire and Dutch East India Company, and the Pirates of Caribbean.
Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608191648
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The End of Sparta written by Victor Davis Hanson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the battles of ancient Greek military leader Epaminondas is told through the eyes of a farmer who leaves his home to serve under the general and who is swept up against his better judgment in the fervor to bring democracy to regions oppressed by the Spartans. A first novel by the historian author of The Father of Us All. 40,000 first printing.
Author : John Buckler
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Theban Hegemony, 371-362 BC written by John Buckler and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decade of Theban power in fourth-century Greece has not been the subject of a full study in this century. Mr. Buckler provides a totally new look at Theban diplomacy and politics. He examines, for the first time, the social and economic backgrounds of the leaders of Thebes during the period of its hegemony. He focuses attention also on local politics and on the constitution of the Boiotian Confederacy, the federal government created by Thebes in the 370s. Of special interest is the author's recognition of the historical implications of topography. He has inspected the terrain of the battlefields and routes of communication; his accounts of military campaigns are thus well grounded and convincing. His contemporary photographs of major sites and topographical maps are valuable supplements to the text. This study is a significant contribution to our knowledge of an important period of Greek history.
Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468316079
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Thebes written by Paul Cartledge and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting, definitive account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, by the acclaimed author of The Spartans—now in paperback Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of Thebes. At one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been long overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life and argues that it is central to our understanding of the ancient Greeks’ achievements—whether politically or culturally—and thus to the wider politico-cultural traditions of western Europe, the Americas, and indeed the world. From its role as an ancient political power, to its destruction at the hands of Alexander the Great as punishment for a failed revolt, to its eventual restoration by Alexander’s successor, Cartledge deftly chronicles the rise and fall of the ancient city. He recounts the history with deep clarity and mastery for the subject and makes clear both the di?erences and the interconnections between the Thebes of myth and the Thebes of history. Written in clear prose and illustrated with images in two color inserts, Thebes is a gripping read for students of ancient history and those looking to experience the real city behind the myths of Cadmus, Hercules, and Oedipus.
Author : Brian Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190499133
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World written by Brian Campbell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offers six exemplary case studies of Greeks and Romans at war, thoroughly illustrated with detailed battle maps and photographs"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Nigel Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113678800X
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece written by Nigel Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.
Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684845024
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book The Soul of Battle written by Victor Davis Hanson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the international bestseller "The Western Way of War" comes a fresh, exciting look at three armies whose intense spirit of mission, coupled with the genius of their leaders, led them to triumph. Maps.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230554204
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Theban Hegemony written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Alexander II of Macedon, Androcydes (painter), Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC), Battle of Leuctra, Battle of Mantinea (362 BC), Battle of Tegyra, Boeotarch, Cleombrotus I, Epaminondas, Gorgidas, Megalopolis, Greece, Oblique order, Pagondas, Pammenes of Thebes, Pelopidas, Philip II of Macedon, Ptolemy of Aloros, Sacred Band of Thebes. Excerpt: The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: , Hieros Lokhos) was a troop of picked soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. It is said to have been organised by the Theban commander Gorgidas in 378 BC and to have played a crucial role in the Battle of Leuctra. It was annihilated by Philip II of Macedon in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. The earliest surviving record of the Sacred Band (, Hieros Lokhos) by name was in 324 BC; in the oration Against Demosthenes by the Athenian logographer Dinarchus. He mentions the Sacred Band as being led by the general Pelopidas and, alongside Epaminondas who commanded the army of Thebes (Boeotia), were responsible for the defeat of the Spartans at the decisive Battle of Leuctra (371 BC). The ruins of ancient Theban citadel of CadmeaPlutarch (46-120 AD), a native of the village of Chaeronea, is the source of the most substantial surviving account of the Sacred Band. He records that the Sacred Band was originally formed by the boeotarch Gorgidas, shortly after the expulsion of the Spartan garrison occupying the Theban citadel of Cadmea. The 2nd century AD Macedonian author Polyaenus in his Stratagems in War also records Gorgidas as the founder of the Sacred Band. However, Dio Chrysostom (c. 40-120 AD), Hieronymus of Rhodes (c. 290-230 BC), and Athenaeus of Naucratis (c. 200 AD) credit Epaminondas instead. The exact date of the Sacred Band's creation and...
Author : Sarantis Symeonoglou
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400857678
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Topography of Thebes from the Bronze Age to Modern Times written by Sarantis Symeonoglou and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive treatment of the development of Thebes as documented by archaeological and historical evidence and the literary tradition. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Bob Bennett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848846142
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book The Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC written by Bob Bennett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparta was a small city which consistently punched above its weight in the affairs of classical Greece, happily meddling in the affairs of the other cities. For two centuries her warriors were acknowledged as second to none. Yet at only one period in its long history, in the late fourth and early third century BC, did the home of these grim warriors seem set to entrench itself as the dominant power in the Greek world. This period includes the latter stages of the Peloponnesian War from 412 BC to the Spartan victory in 402, and then down to the Spartan defeat by the Thebans at Leuctra in 371 BC, where it all began to unravel for the Spartan Empirern Surprisingly few previous books have covered the tumultuous first decades of the fourth century BC, particularly when compared to the ample coverage of the Peloponnesian War. As the authors explain, although the earlier period has the benefit of Thucydides' magisterial history, the period covered here is actually well served by sources and well worthy of study. There are many interesting characters here, including Alcibiades, Lysander, Agesilaus, Pelopidas and Epaminondas, to name but a few. In addition there are several campaigns and battles that are reported in enough detail to make them interesting and comprehensible to the reader. Bob Bennett and Mike Roberts untangle the complexities of this important but unduly neglected period for the modern reader.
Author : Godfrey Hutchinson
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1848322224
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Sparta: Unfit for Empire written by Godfrey Hutchinson and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of the Peloponnesian War saw Sparta emerge as the dominant power in the Greek world. Had she used this position wisely her hegemony might have been secure. As it was, she embarked on actions that her former allies, Thebes and Korinth, refused to support. The rise of Thebes as a threatening power to Sparta's control of Greece was largely the result of the brilliant exploits of Epaminondas and Pelopidas whose obvious examination of Spartan tactics allowed them to provide counters to them. ??While noting the political issues, Godfrey Hutchinson's focus is upon the strategic and tactical elements of warfare in a period almost wholly coinciding with the reign of the brilliant commander, Agesilaos, one of the joint kings of Sparta, who, astonishingly, campaigned successfully into his eighties.
Author : Michael A. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107050065
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon written by Michael A. Flower and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.
Author : DAHM MURRAY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783831876
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Breaking the Spartans written by DAHM MURRAY and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a dual biography of the two brilliant leaders who enabled Thebes to end the supremacy of a once-invincible Sparta and briefly replace her as the pre-eminent city of Greece. In 379 BC both men were pivotal in the Theban revolt, Pelopidas personally killing one of the Spartan garrison commanders in a daring coup. In the ensuing war, the two often held simultaneous political and military commands, forming an effective team while pursuing an amicable rivalry. Under their inspired leadership, and thanks to significant tactical innovations, Theban armies enjoyed a run of successes, most notably at Tegyra (375 BC), Leuctra (371 BC) - the Spartans' first clear defeat in full-scale battle for generations - and Second Mantinea (362 BC). Unfortunately, Epaminondas was killed in the hour of victory at Second Mantinea and Theban hegemony did not long survive him (Pelopidas having already died in battle in 365 BC), a fact which only adds emphasis to their personal contribution. Murray K Dahm skilfully relates the significant, dramatic and exciting story of these two neglected geniuses. AUTHOR: Murray K Dahm has been a free-lance historian since 2007. He describes himself as an Ancient, Medieval and Opera historian. He has written over 20 articles for Ancient Warfare and Medieval Warfare as well as numerous pieces for peer-reviewed journals. Recently he also contributed chapters to a book on the world's famous opera houses and travelled to New York to present my research on Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas. He has written opera libretti and works as the Artistic Director of an opera education program. SELLING POINTS: * Dual biography of two forgotten geniuses of ancient warfare * Relates how Epaminondas and Pelopidas shattered the military dominance of Sparta * Covers the daring Theban rebellion and the ensuing war that saw Thebes displace Sparta as the leading power in Greece. * Excellent description of Classical Greek warfare in a critical period of tactical transformation * Detailed analysis of the pivotal battles of Tegyra, Leuctra and Second Mantinea 16 illustrations
Author : James Romm
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501198017
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Band written by James Romm and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling look into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band.
Author : Buckler John Beck Hans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511457265
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (572 download)
Download or read book Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC written by Buckler John Beck Hans and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Roisman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199985847
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Classical Art of Command written by Joseph Roisman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Classical Age of Greece produced some of history's best-known generals and commanders. They include the Spartan king Leonidas, who embodied his countrymen's heroic ethos in the battle of Thermopylae; the Athenian leader Themistocles, credited as the architect of Athens' naval power and of the Greek victory over the Persians; the famous democratic leader, Pericles, who prepared Athens and directed its conflict with Sparta, known as the Peloponnesian War; the Athenian general Demosthenes, who deviated from contemporary conventions of warfare with his innovative approach; the Spartan general Lysander, who won the Peloponnesian War for Sparta; Dionysius I of Syracuse, arguably the most innovative and best skilled of the eight generals discussed in this book; and Epaminondas and Pelopidas who together transformed their city, Thebes, into an hegemonic power. The Classical Art of Command gives readers a unique opportunity to examine the variegated nature of Greek generalship through the individual careers of eight prominent commanders. It describes the attributes of these leaders' command, the many facets of their individual careers and stratagems, and the mark they left on Greek history and warfare. It draws attention to the important role that personality played in their leadership. Joseph Roisman investigates how these generals designed and executed military campaigns and strategy, and to what degree they were responsible for the results. The volume also looks at how the Greek art of command changed during the Classical Age, and how adaptable it was to different military challenges. Other questions involve the extent to which a general was a mere leader of the charge, a battle director, or a strategist, and what made both ancient and modern authorities regard these eight generals as outstanding shapers of military history. Filled with original analyses and accessible accounts of legendary battles, The Classical Art of Command will appeal to all readers with an interest in ancient warfare and generalship.
