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From the soldier's-eye view of combat to the broad social and economic structures which shaped campaigns and wars, ancient Greek warfare in all its aspects has been studied more intensively in the last few decades than ever before. This book ranges from the concrete details of conducting raids, battles and…
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I love how thorough this book is–it is full of fantastic examples covering all sorts of aspects of ancient Greek warfare. What causes ancient Greek wars? Who fights? How do they prepare? What happens? There are so many interesting questions.
This book, by one of the world’s leading experts, offers many thoughtful answers drawn from ancient literature, archaeology, and iconography–pottery, stone carvings, statues, and statuettes. I come back to this readable, informative book again and again.
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