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Battle in antiquity / editor, Alan B. Lloyd ; contributors Catherine Gilliver [and others].

Contributor(s): Lloyd, Alan B | Gilliver, CatherineMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Swansea [Wales] : Oakville, CT : Classical Press of Wales ; Distributor in the United States, David Brown Book Co., 2009. Edition: Pbk. edDescription: viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781905125272 (pbk.); 1905125275 (pbk.)Subject(s): Military history, Ancient -- Congresses | Military art and science -- History -- Congresses | War in literature -- Congresses | Military art and science | Military history, Ancient | War in literatureGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedings. | HistoryLOC classification: U29 | .B38 2009
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 37 - Main Room
G1c LLOYD 27739 Not for loan BOOKS*000000020647

"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.