Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece

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One of the preferred areas of ancient history is war in the Greek world. The number of books, articles, web pages and blogs on each and every conceivable aspect of war in ancient Greece is endless, and continues to grow. So why add to the pile ? Wars & Battles of Ancient Greece is not only another arid account of wars and battles, with endless, continuously exaggerated, casualty figures and repetitive tactics. It is different from most other books in the field because it has context as its focus: each and every of the battles covered is, where sources permit, placed in its historical, political and social context: why was once the battle fought, how was once it fought, what was once the outcome, and what happened next ? No war or battle has ever been fought in isolation – there is all the time a prelude, a casus belli and a series of consequences. These are revealed wherever conceivable for each and every of the wars and battles in this book.

To be able to improve our focus on context the book includes chapters covering warfare in civilisations and cultures before Greece ; the Greek war machine; and Greek women and conflict.

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