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Battle in antiquity / editor, Alan B. Lloyd ; contributors Catherine Gilliver ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military history, Ancient--Congresses.
- Military history, Ancient.
- Military art and science--History--Congresses.
- Military art and science.
- War in literature--Congresses.
- War in literature.
- History.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Swansea [Wales] : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributor in the United States, David Brown Book Co., 2009.
- Contents:
- Heroes, knights and nutters: warrior mentality in Homer / Hans van Wees
- Hoplite warfare in ancient Greece / Stephen Mitchell
- Homosexuality and warfare in ancient Greece / Daniel Ogden
- Philip II and Alexander the Great: the moulding of Macedon's army / Alan B. Lloyd
- Morale and the Roman experience of battle / A.D. Lee
- The Roman army and morality in war / Catherine M. Gilliver
- Battle in ancient Egypt: the triumph of Horus or the cutting edge of the temple economy? / Ian Shaw.
- Notes:
- "First published in hardback in 1996"--T.p. verso.
- "This volume has its origins in a day-school entitled Battle in antiquity run by the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales Swansea on April 24, 1993"--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781905125272
- 1905125275
- OCLC:
- 276334665
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