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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798320303321

Titolo

Circum mare : themes in ancient warfare / / editor, Jeremy Armstrong ; with a foreword by Lee L. Brice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-28485-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables, photographs

Collana

Mnemosyne, Supplements. History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, , 2352-8656 ; ; Volume 388

Disciplina

355.020937

Soggetti

Military art and science - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500

Mediterranean Region History, Military To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter / Jeremy Armstrong -- War and Society in the Ancient World: An Introduction / Jeremy Armstrong -- Simple Words, Simple Pictures: The Link between the Snapshots of Battle and the War Diary Entries in Ancient Egypt / Anthony Spalinger -- Caesar’s Exempla and the Role of Centurions in Battle / David Nolan -- Coinage and the Economics of the Athenian Empire / Matthew Trundle -- Tributum in the Middle Republic / Nathan Rosenstein -- The Ties that Bind: Military Cohesion in Archaic Rome / Jeremy Armstrong -- Sacramentum Militiae: Empty Words in an Age of Chaos / Mark Hebblewhite -- Circumscribing Imperium: Power and Regulation in the Republican Province / Ralph Covino -- The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues: The Perspective of Collective Action / James Kierstead -- ‘Warlordism’ and the Disintegration of the Western Roman Army / Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele -- The Significance of Insignificant Engagements: Irregular Warfare during the Punic Wars / Louis Rawlings -- ‘Siege Warfare’ in Ancient Egypt, as Derived from Select Royal and Private Battle Scenes / Brett H. Heagren -- Tissaphernes and the Achaemenid Defense of Western Anatolia, 412–395 BC / John W.I. Lee -- Bibliography / Jeremy Armstrong -- Index / Jeremy Armstrong.

Sommario/riassunto

Circum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare presents a thematic approach



to current directions in ancient military studies with case studies on topics including the economics of warfare, military cohesion, military authority, irregular warfare, and sieges. Bringing together research on cultures from across the Mediterranean world, ranging from Pharaonic Egypt to Late Antique Europe and from Punic Spain to Persian Anatolia, the collection demonstrates both the breadth of the current field and a surprising number of synergies.