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Great battles of the Hellenistic world / Joseph Pietrykowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pietrykowski, Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military art and science--Greece--History--To 500.
- Military art and science.
- Battles--Greece--History.
- Battles.
- Greece--History, Military--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For almost two centuries the Macedonian phalanx, created by Philip II and refined by his son, Alexander the Great, dominated the battlefields of the ancient world from the sweltering riverbanks of India to the wooded hills of Italy. As the preferred weapon of some of antiquity's greatest commanders, this powerful military system took centre stage in many of the largest and most decisive conflicts of ancient times. Joseph Pietrykowski explores the struggles that shook the ancient world and shaped history. From the structure and composition of the opposing armies, to the strategy of their campai
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Philip and Alexander
- pt. 2. Successors
- pt. 3. Pyrrhos of Epeiros
- pt. 4. Later battles
- pt. 5. The Roman conquest.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848847101
- 1848847106
- OCLC:
- 797915324
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