Greek warfare : from the Battle of Marathon to the conquests of Alexander the Great / Lee L. Brice, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brice, Lee L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Greece--History--To 1500.

Military art and science.

Military history, Ancient.

Greece--History, Military--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Reflects the most recent research Presents material in an easy-to-use, ready-reference format Highlights only the most useful information for readers who are completely unfamiliar with the topic Provides valuable information and encourages critical thinking through primary-source documents

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Entries, A�X""; ""Aegospotami, Battle of""; ""Agesilaus II""; ""Agis III""; ""Alcibiades""; ""Alexander the Great""; ""Amphipolis""; ""Anabasis""; ""Antipater""; ""Artemisium, Battles of""; ""Artillery""; ""Athens""; ""Bactria""; ""Brasidas""; ""Cavalry, Greek""; ""Cavalry, Persian""; ""Chaeronea, Battle of""; ""Cimon""; ""Cleon""; ""Conon of Athens""; ""Corinth""; ""Corinth, League of""; ""Corinthian War""; ""Darius I""; ""Darius III""; ""Delian League""; ""Delium, Battle of""; ""Dionysius I""; ""Epameinondas""

""Eurymedon River, Battle of""""Gaugamela, Battle of""; ""Gaza, Siege of""; ""Granicus River, Battle of""; ""Greco-Persian Wars, Causes of""; ""Greco-Persian Wars, Consequences of""; ""Greco-Persian Wars, Overview""; ""Hellenic Alliance""; ""Herodotus""; ""Hydaspes, Battle of the""; ""Ionian Revolt""; ""Iphicrates""; ""Issus, Battle of""; ""Jason of Pherae""; ""King's Peace""; ""Leuctra, Battle of""; ""Long Walls""; ""Lysander""; ""Macedon""; ""Mantinea, Battles of""; ""Marathon, Battle of""; ""Mardonius""; ""Mercenaries""; ""Miltiades the Younger""; ""Mutiny""; ""Mycale, Battle of""

""Nicias""""Pelopidas""; ""Peloponnesian League""; ""Peloponnesian War, Causes of""; ""Peloponnesian War, Consequences of""; ""Peloponnesian War, Overview""; ""Peltasts""; ""Penteconter""; ""Pericles""; ""Persian Empire""; ""Phalanx, Hoplite""; ""Phalanx, Macedonian""; ""Philip II of Macedon""; ""Piraeus""; ""Plataea, Battle of""; ""Sacred Wars""; ""Salamis, Battle of""; ""Second Athenian League""; ""Sicily""; ""Sicily, Athenian Expedition Against""; ""Sparta""; ""Sphacteria""; ""Strategos""; ""Thebes""; ""Themistocles""; ""Thermopylae, Battle of""; ""Thucydides""; ""Timoleon""

""Training, Military""""Trireme""; ""Tyre, Siege of""; ""Wars of Alexander the Great, Causes of""; ""Wars of Alexander the Great, Consequences of""; ""Wars of Alexander the Great, Overview""; ""Xenophon""; ""Xerxes I""; ""Documents""; ""1. Herodotus, Account of the Battle of Marathon""; ""2. Mardonius, the Persian General, on Greek Warfare""; ""3. Herodotus, Account of the Battle of Thermopylae""; ""4. Herodotus, Account of Cavalry and Light Infantry versus Hoplites at the Battle of Plataea""; ""5. Thucydides, Account of the Naval Battles of Patrae and Naupactus""

""6. Thucydides, Account of the Battle of Delium""""7. Thucydides, Account of the First Battle of Mantinea""; ""8. Thucydides, Account of a Naval Battle at Syracuse""; ""9. Xenophon, Account of the Battle of Lechaion""; ""10. Xenophon, Account of the Battle of Leuctra""; ""11. Xenophon, Account of the Second Battle of Mantinea""; ""12. Diodorus Siculus and Polyaenus, Accounts of the Battle of Chaeronea""; ""13. Arrian, Account of the Battle of Granicus River""; ""14. Arrian, Account of the Naval Action during the Siege of Tyre""; ""15. Arrian, Account of the Battle of Issus""

""16. Arrian, Account of the Battle of Gaugamela""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-297) and index.

ISBN:

9798400659324

9798216092087

9781610690706

OCLC:

879549807