The ancient world / Richard A. Gabriel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gabriel, Richard A.

Series:

Soldiers' lives through history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--History--To 1500.

Soldiers.

Armies--History--To 1500.

Armies.

Military art and science--History--To 500.

Military art and science.

History.

Military history, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xviii, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

Summary:

A military expert presents the violent lives of soldiers in ancient armies, from Sumer to Egypt, from the Israelites to India, and from Classical Greece to the Roman Empire.

Contents:

I. Military life

Origins of war

The soldier

Recruitment

Manpower

Rations

Equipment

The camp

Discipline and punishment

Weapons

Armor, helmets, and shields

Chariotry

Cavalry

Logistics and transport

Strategic range and endurance

Tactics

Military staffs

Siegecraft and artillery

Death and wounding

Infection and disease

Injury

Medical care

II. Ancient armies

Sumer and Akkad (3500-2200 B.C.E.)

Egypt (1580-960 B.C.E.)

The Mitanni (1480-1335 B.C.E.)

The Hittites (1450-1180 B.C.E.)

The Canaanites (1500-900 B.C.E.)

The Philistines (1200-900 B.C.E.)

The Israelites (1100-921 B.C.E.)

Assyria (890-612 B.C.E.)

China (1750-256 B.C.E.)

India (1200-120 B.C.E.)

Classical Greece (600-338 B.C.E.)

Persia (546-323 B.C.E.)

Imperial Greece (356-323 B.C.E.)

The Successors (323-168 B.C.E.)

Republican Rome (500-28 B.C.E.)

Carthage (814-146 B.C.E.)

The barbarians: Gauls, Germans, and Goths (58 B.C.E.-445 C.E.)

Imperial Rome (9-450 C.E.).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-296) and index.

ISBN:

0313333483

9780313333484

OCLC:

71288750