Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook

by Michael Sage

Overview

Warfare in Ancient Greece assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the Greek experience of war. The author has carefully selected key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided them with comprehensive commentaries.
For the Greek polis, warfare was a more usual state of affairs than peace. The documents assembled here recreate the social and historical framework in which ancient Greek warfare took place - over a period of more than a thousand years from the Homeric Age to Alexander the Great. Special attention is paid to the attitudes and feelings of the Greeks towards defeated people and captured cities.
Complete with notes, index and bibliography, Warfare in Ancient Greece will provide students of Ancient and Military History with an unprecedented survey of relevant materials

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415143554
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/04/1996
Series:	Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael M Sage is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Cincinnati. He has published widely on Tacitus and aspects of ancient military history

Table of Contents

Introduction; EARLY GREEK WARFARE: HOMER AND THE DARK AGES; The hero and the heroic code; Weapons and preparation for battle; The practice of Homeric warfare; The results of war; The Dark Ages; 2 THE AGE OF HOPLITE WARFARE; Introduction; Army organization; Light-armed troops; Cavalry; Provisioning and supply armies 55 Military and naval pay; Military command; Treaties of alliance; Hoplite battles; Greeks and non-Greeks in battle: the Persian War; The aftermath of battle; Siege warfare; Greeks and non-Greeks; The spoils of war; Truces and peace treaties; 3 THE FOURTH CENTURY; Tactical developments; The use of light-armed troops; Mercenaries; Siege warfare; 4 THE RISE OF MACEDONIA: PHILIP AND ALEXANDER; The early Macedonian army; Philip II and the development of the Macedonian army; Alexander the Great; 5 HELLENISTIC WARFARE; Some common causes of war; Hellenistic armies; The armies of the great powers