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The sieges of Alexander the Great / Stephen English.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- English, Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Military leadership.
- Alexander.
- Sieges--Greece--History--To 1500.
- Sieges.
- Generals--Greece--Biography.
- Generals.
- Generals--Macedonia--Biography.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Greece.
- Greece--History, Military--To 146 B.C.
- Macedonia--History, Military.
- Macedonia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley [United Kingdom] : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During his spectacular career of conquest Alexander the Great attacked many cities and fortresses, never failing to take them. Such operations occupied more of his time than his famous pitched battles and were at least as vital in securing his vast empire. Sieges provided some of the sternest tests for the Macedonian army, and it is perhaps telling that Alexander received most of his many wounds in the shadow of enemy walls. Yet this is the first full-length study concentrating purely on his many dramatic sieges and his mastery of siege craft.Dr. Stephen English describes each of Alexander's s
- Contents:
- Siege technology
- Pellium and Thebes : 335
- Miletus and Halicarnassus : 334
- Tyre : 332
- Gaza : 332
- The Northeast Frontier : 330-327
- India and the journey to Babylon : 327-323.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-161) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781844682805
- 1844682803
- 9781473828032
- 1473828031
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