Battle in antiquity /

Battle in antiquity / editor, Alan B. Lloyd ; contributors Catherine Gilliver [and others]. - Pbk. ed. - Swansea [Wales] : Oakville, CT : Classical Press of Wales ; Distributor in the United States, David Brown Book Co., 2009. - viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"First published in hardback in 1996"--Title page verso. "This volume has its origins in a day-school entitled Battle in antiquity run by the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales Swansea on April 24, 1993"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Heroes, knights and nutters : warrior mentality in Homer / Hans van Wees -- Hoplite warfare in ancient Greece / Stephen Mitchell -- Homosexuality and warfare in ancient Greece / Daniel Ogden -- Philip II and Alexander the Great : the moulding of Macedon's army / Alan B. Lloyd -- Morale and the Roman experience of battle / A.D. Lee -- The Roman army and morality in war / Catherine M. Gilliver -- Battle in ancient Egypt : the triumph of Horus or the cutting edge of the temple economy? / Ian Shaw.

9781905125272 (pbk.) 1905125275 (pbk.)


Military history, Ancient--Congresses.
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War in literature--Congresses.
Military art and science
Military history, Ancient.
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