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Language: en
Pages: 488
Pages: 488
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
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Language: en
Pages: 325
Pages: 325
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-11 - Publisher: McFarland
"Relying heavily on primary sources such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch, this volume provides the first-ever tactical level survey of all Greek land enga
Language: en
Pages: 195
Pages: 195
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-14 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to the eclipse of the tradit
Language: en
Pages: 193
Pages: 193
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-28 - Publisher: Routledge
The achievements of the Greek cavalry on the battlefield were monumental, and yet until now the heavy infantry - the hoplite - has received by far the most atte
Language: en
Pages: 298
Pages: 298
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-01 - Publisher: Knopf
The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--