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Leuctra 371 BC : the destruction ofSpartan dominance / Murray Dahm ; illustrated by Seán Ó'Brógáin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dahm, Murray, author.
- Series:
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) ; 63.
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) ; 363
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--History.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; Dublin, Ireland ; New York, New York : Osprey Publishing, [2021]
- Summary:
- This detailed new study explores the battle of Leuctra and the tactics that ultimately led to the complete defeat of Sparta, and freed Greece from domination by Sparta in a single afternoon. The battle of Leuctra, fought in early July in 371 BC was one of the most important battles ever to be fought in the ancient world. Not only did it see the destruction of the Spartan dominance of Greece, it also introduced several tactical innovations which are still studied and emulated to this day. Sparta's hegemony of Greece (which had been in effect since the Persian wars of 480/79 and especially since the Peloponnesian War in 431-404 BC) was wiped away in a single day of destruction. Sparta would never recover from the losses in manpower which were suffered at Leuctra. The importance of the battle of Leuctra cannot be underestimated. This superbly illustrated title gives the reader a detailed understanding of this epic clash of forces, what led to it, its commanders, sources and the consequences it had for future civilizations.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Origins of the Campaign
- The Stain
- Chronology
- The Battle of Tegyra 375 BC
- The Lesson of Tegyra
- From Tegyra to Leuctra, 375-371 BC
- The Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
- Opposing Commanders
- Opposing Forces
- Opposing Plans
- Sources
- Reporting and Interpreting the Omens
- The Battle In Brief
- Diodorus
- Plutarch
- Pausanias
- Xenophon
- A Summary of the Sources
- Aftermath
- Casualties
- The Shockwaves of Defeat
- The Battlefields Today
- Tegyra
- Leuctra
- Bibliography
- Index
- Imprint.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781472843494
- 1472843495
- 9781472843487
- 1472843487
- OCLC:
- 1240585404
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