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Author : Herbert William Parke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenary Soldiers, from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus written by Herbert William Parke and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Trundle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134304331
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenaries written by Matthew Trundle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Mercenaries is an analysis of the political, social and economic aspects of classical Greek mercenary service.
Author : Stephen English
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848843301
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Mercenaries in the Classical World written by Stephen English and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of the mercenaries and their influence on the wars of the Classical world down to the death of Alexander the Great. It also looks at the social and economic pressures that drove tens of thousands to make a living of fighting for the highest bidder, despite the intense dangers of the ancient battlefield.
Author : Col. Michael Lee Lanning
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307416046
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Mercenaries written by Col. Michael Lee Lanning and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOLDIERS OF $$ Privateers, contract killers, corporate warriors. Contract soldiers go by many names, but they all have one thing in common: They fight for money and plunder rather than liberty, God, or country. Now acclaimed author and war vet Michael Lee Lanning traces the compelling history of these fighting machines–from the “Sea Peoples” who fought for the pharaohs’ greater glory to today’s soldiers for hire from private military companies (PMCs) in Iraq and Afghanistan. What emerges is a fascinating account of the men who fight other people’s wars–the Greeks who built an empire for Alexander the Great, the Nubians who accompanied Hannibal across the Alps, the Irish who became the first to go global in their search for work. Soldiers of fortune have always had the power to change the course of war, and Lanning examines their pivotal roles in individual battles and in the rise and fall of empires. As the employment of contract soldiers spreads in Iraq and America’s War on Terrorism–the U.S. paid $30 billion to PMCs in 2003 alone–Mercenaries offers a valuable inside look at a system that appears embedded in our nation’s future. Includes eight pages of photographs
Author : Jeffrey Rop
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108499503
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401–330 BCE written by Jeffrey Rop and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rewrites the military and political history of Greek military service in ancient Persia and Egypt.
Author : Herbert William Parke
Publisher : Oxford: the Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenary Soldiers written by Herbert William Parke and published by Oxford: the Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1933 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G. T. Griffith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107419301
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World written by G. T. Griffith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1935, this book provides a detailed history of the employment of mercenaries in the Hellenistic period. Griffith discusses how and why mercenaries were used after the death of Alexander the Great by the Seleucids, Ptolemies, the Greek League and other powers active before the rise of Rome, and includes a section contrasting the pay and maintenance of mercenaries in the classical period with that of the Hellenistic period. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient history and one of the ancient world's most important professions.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004501754
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Brill's Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brill’s Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx brings together emerging and established scholars to build on the new consensus of multiform Greek warfare, on and off the battlefield, beyond the usual chronological, geographical, and operational boundaries.
Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674023567
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (235 download)
Download or read book Xenophon's Retreat written by Robin Waterfield and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With this first masterpiece of Western military history forming the backbone of his book, Robin Waterfield explores what remains unsaid and assumed in Xenophon's account - much about the gruesome nature of ancient battle and logistics, the lives of Greek and Persian soldiers, and questions of historical, political, and personal context, motivation, and conflicting agendas. The result is a rounded version of the story of Cyrus's ill-fated march and the Greeks' perilous retreat - a nuanced and dramatic perspective on a critical moment in history that may tell us as much about our present-day adventures in the Middle East, site of Cyrus's debacle and the last act of the Golden Age, as it does about the great powers of antiquity in a volatile period of transition."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107007755
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt written by Christelle Fischer-Bovet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the army developed as an engine of socio-economic and cultural integration in Egypt under Greco-Macedonian rule.
Author : John Prevas
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786747773
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Xenophon's March written by John Prevas and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 403 B.C. The Athenian philosopher Xenophon finds himself with an army of Greeks marching to what is now Turkey. Their mission: to aid the Persian pretender Cyrus in a war against his brother Artaxerxes. At a great battle, Cyrus is killed and his army destroyed—except for the Greeks holding his right flank. Xenophon and the Greeks are now stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire, outnumbered a hundred to one. The story of Xenophon's march to escape the Persian noose is an intensely personal and human tale, replete with clashes of arms and desperate hardships. It is also the tale of two civilizations at mortal odds with each other. With their turbulent mix of anarchy and democracy, Xenophon's men resembled a mobile Greek city, cutting both a military and a cultural slash through the Persian Empire. Though Xenophon's journey would end badly, his experience in the East would prove invaluable for those who followed, for sixty years later, the Greeks would return to Persia under Alexander. John Prevas brings this epoch-shaping story to life with a compelling narrative vivified by his personal retracing of much of the route trod by Xenophon and his men in one of history's great adventures.
Author : Lee L. Brice
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118273338
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)
Download or read book New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare written by Lee L. Brice and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses new methodologies, evidence, and topics to better understand ancient warfare and its place in culture and history New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare brings together essays from specialists in ancient history who employ contemporary tools and approaches to reveal new evidence and increase knowledge of ancient militaries and warfare. In-depth yet highly readable, this volume covers the most recent trends for understanding warfare, militaries, soldiers, non-combatants, and their roles in ancient cultures. Chronologically-organized chapters explore new methodologies, evidence, and topics while offering fresh and original perspectives on recent documentary and archaeological discoveries. Covering the time period from Archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, the text asks questions of both new and re-examined old evidence and discusses the everyday military life of soldiers and veterans. Chapters address unique topics such as neurophysiological explanations for why some soldiers panic and others do not in the same battle, Greek society’s handling of combat trauma in returning veterans, the moral aspects and human elements of ancient sieges, medical care in the late Roman Empire, and the personal experience of military servicemembers and their families. Each chapter is self-contained to allow readers to explore topics in any order they prefer. This book: Features case studies that examine psychological components of military service such as morale, panic, recovery, and trauma Offers discussions of the economics of paying for warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds and why Roman soldiers mutinied Covers examining human remains of ancient conflict, including interesting photos Discusses the role of women in families and as victims and addresses issues related to women and war Places discussions in the broader context of new wave military history and includes complete bibliographies and further reading suggestions Providing new material and topical focus, New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare is an ideal text for Greek History or Roman History courses, particularly those focusing on ancient warfare, as well as scholars and general readers with interest in the ancient militaries.
Author : Sean McFate
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 191142064X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)
Download or read book Shadow War written by Sean McFate and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electrifying thriller – the first in a blistering series for readers of Brad Thor, Tom Clancy and Daniel Silva. Tom Locke is an elite warrior working for Apollo Outcomes, one of the world’s most successful private contracting firms. Pulled out of a mission in Libya, he is tapped for an unusual and risky assignment: a top secret black op in Ukraine. Given one week to rescue an oligarch’s family and pull off a spectacular assault, he soon realises his mission has repercussions for this imperiled Eastern European nation and the world. What Locke doesn’t know is that the operation comes with a dangerous complication: his enigmatic and ambitious boss, Brad Winters. One misstep could cost Locke – and the region – everything. Written by an army veteran with deep military expertise, Shadow War is an explosive and unputdownable thriller. Praise for Shadow War ‘I was blown away’ Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author ‘Ex-mercenary Sean McFate has produced a first novel that's assured, authentic, timely, gritty, and most of all real’ C.J. Box, New York Times Best-selling Author of Badlands and Off the Grid ‘Shadow War has pace like a catapult, sudden and fierce, and it will hit readers straight between the eyes’ Ted Bell, author of Patriot
Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400846307
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Men of Bronze written by Donald Kagan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-09 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major contribution to the debate over ancient Greek warfare by some of the world's leading scholars Men of Bronze takes up one of the most important and fiercely debated subjects in ancient history and classics: how did archaic Greek hoplites fight, and what role, if any, did hoplite warfare play in shaping the Greek polis? In the nineteenth century, George Grote argued that the phalanx battle formation of the hoplite farmer citizen-soldier was the driving force behind a revolution in Greek social, political, and cultural institutions. Throughout the twentieth century scholars developed and refined this grand hoplite narrative with the help of archaeology. But over the past thirty years scholars have criticized nearly every major tenet of this orthodoxy. Indeed, the revisionists have persuaded many specialists that the evidence demands a new interpretation of the hoplite narrative and a rewriting of early Greek history. Men of Bronze gathers leading scholars to advance the current debate and bring it to a broader audience of ancient historians, classicists, archaeologists, and general readers. After explaining the historical context and significance of the hoplite question, the book assesses and pushes forward the debate over the traditional hoplite narrative and demonstrates why it is at a crucial turning point. Instead of reaching a consensus, the contributors have sharpened their differences, providing new evidence, explanations, and theories about the origin, nature, strategy, and tactics of the hoplite phalanx and its effect on Greek culture and the rise of the polis. The contributors include Paul Cartledge, Lin Foxhall, John Hale, Victor Davis Hanson, Donald Kagan, Peter Krentz, Kurt Raaflaub, Adam Schwartz, Anthony Snodgrass, Hans van Wees, and Gregory Viggiano.
Author : Raúl González-Salinero
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004507256
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire written by Raúl González-Salinero and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though relations between the Jewish people and the Roman state were sometimes strained to the point of warfare and bloodshed, Jewish military service between the 1st century BCE to the 6th century CE is attested by multiple sources.
Author : David Pritchard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521190339
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens written by David Pritchard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses how the democracy of the classical Athenians revolutionized military practices and underwrote their unprecedented commitment to war-making.
Author : Rose Mary Sheldon
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783036486
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Ambush written by Rose Mary Sheldon and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historian of military intelligence presents a revelatory account of ancient Greek battle tactics, including the use of espionage and irregular warfare. There are two images of warfare that dominate Greek history. The better known is that of Achilles, the Homeric hero skilled in face-to-face combat and outraged by deception on the battlefield. The alternative model, also taken from Homeric epic, is Odysseus, ‘the man of twists and turns’ who saw no shame in winning by stealth, surprise or deceit. It is common for popular writers to assume that the hoplite phalanx was the only mode of warfare used by the Greeks. The fact is, however, that the use of spies, intelligence gathering, ambush, and surprise attacks at dawn or at night were also a part of Greek warfare. While such tactics were not the supreme method of defeating an enemy, they were routinely employed when the opportunity presented itself.
