Focused on battle narratives of the classical world on land and at sea, this three-volume reference covers Archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century AD. Three-volume reference on land and sea battles of the classical world from Archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century ADConcentrates on narratives of specific battles, sieges, campaigns, and warsContains the most complete and up-to-date scholarship on the subjectOrganized by individual wars, with chronological entries for each battleBrings together a distinguished, international group of experts on ancient military history Get the digital version at www.encyclopediaofancientbattles.com
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Focused on battle narratives of the classical world on land and at sea, this three-volume reference covers Archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century AD.
Part I General Topics 1. Ancient Naval Warfare, 700 BC–AD 600Boris Rankov 2. Ancient Siege Warfare, 700 BC–AD 645Harry Sidebottom 3. War and Battle in the Greek World, 800–168 BCBarry Strauss 4. War and Battle in the Roman World, 700 BC–AD 235Paul Erdkamp Part II Archaic Greece and the Near East 5. The Lelantine War, c.700 or c.540 BCHans van Wees 6. The Rise of Achaemenid Persia, 550–525 BCMaria Brosius 7. Early Greek Wars, 750–450 BCHans van Wees 8. The Ionian Revolt, 498–494 BCMaria Brosius 9. The Persian Wars, 492–450 BCChristopher Hassan and Maria Brosius Part III The Classical Greek World 10. The First Peloponnesian War, 460–446 BCFernando Echeverría 11. Latin, Etruscan, Aequian, Volsci, and Gallic Wars, 499–340 BCTim Cornell 12. The Second Peloponnesian War, 431–404 BCFernando Echeverría 13. The Anabasis and the Ten Thousand, 401–399 BCMatthew Trundle 14. The Corinthian War, 395–387 BCMatthew Trundle 15. Fourth-Century BC Greek WarsMatthew Trundle 16. Carthaginian Offensives in Sicily, 409–307 BCMatthew Trundle 17. Campaigns of Thebes, 379–362 BCS³awomir Sprawski Part IV The Macedonian Age and the Rise of Rome 18. The “Samnite Wars,” 343–290 BCTim Cornell 19. The Rise of Macedon, 359–336 BCEdward Anson 20. Greeks in Italy, 342–303 BCMichael Whitby 21. The Revolt of Agis, 333–331 BCMichael Whitby 22. Campaigns of Alexander the Great, 336–323 BCIan Worthington 23. The Lamian War, 323–322 BCS³awomir Sprawski 24. The Wars of the Successors, 323–281 BCEdward Anson 25. The Campaigns of Pyrrhus, 282–272 BCJeremy Armstrong 26. The First Punic War and After, 264–237 BCArthur Eckstein 27. Dynastic Wars, 260–145 BCPaul McKechnie 28. Inter-Greek Wars of the Third Century BCPaul McKechnie 29. The Illyrian Wars, 229–219 BCPaul Erdkamp 30. The Gallic Wars, Northern Italy, 225–222 BCLouis Rawlings 31. The Second Punic War, 220–202 BCEddie Owens 32. The Roman Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul, 201–191 BCLouis Rawlings 33. The First Macedonian War, 215–205 BCPaul Erdkamp 34. Philopoemen in the Peloponnese, 221–192 BCPaul McKechnie 35. The Second Macedonian War, 200–197 BCPaul Erdkamp 36. The War against Antiochus III, 191–188 BCPaul Erdkamp 37. The Third Macedonian War, 171–168 BCPaul Erdkamp 38. The Maccabean War, 167–161 BCMichael Whitby 39. The Third Punic War, 149–146 BCDexter Hoyos 40. The Andriscus Uprising and the Achaean War, 149–146 BCPaul Erdkamp Part V The Imperial Roman Republic 845 41. The Rise of Parthia, C. 250–C. 92 BCHarry Sidebottom 42. The Numantine War, 154–133 BCDexter Hoyos 43. The Jugurthine War, 112–105 BCDexter Hoyos 44. The Roman Conquest of Southern Gaul, 125–121 BCLouis Rawlings 45. Campaigns against Pirates, 103–67 BCPhilip Matyszak 46. The Social War, 91–87 BCPhilip Matyszak 47. The Mithridatic Wars, 89–66 BCPhilip Matyszak 48. Marius versus Sulla, 83–82 BCPhilip Matyszak 49. Campaigns against Sertorius, 81–72 BCPhilip Matyszak 50. Spartacus and the Slave Revolts, 133–71 BCPhilip Matyszak 51. The Battle of Pistoia, 62 BCRichard Marshall 52. The Gallic Wars, 61–51 BCLouis Rawlings 53. Invasions of Britain, 55 and 54 BCLouis Rawlings 54. The Battle of Carrhae, 53 BCMichael Whitby 55. Pompey versus Caesar, 49–45 BCStephen Matthews Part VI Early Imperial Rome 56. The Second Triumvirate, 43–31 BCStephen Matthews 57. Campaigns in Pannonia, 35 BC–AD 9Brian Campbell 58. German Campaigns, 55 BC–AD 16Brian Campbell 59. The Conquest of Britain, 43–87Brian Campbell 60. Campaigns in Armenia, 58–66Brian Campbell 61. The Jewish Revolt, 66Brian Campbell 62. The Year of the Four Emperors, 69Brian Campbell 63. The Dacian Wars, 84–106Harry Sidebottom Part VII Roman Imperial Triumph and Challenges 64. Trajan’s Parthian War, 113–117Jonathan P. Roth 65. The Battle of Aelia, 133–135Jonathan P. Roth 66. Lucius Verus and the East, 161–165Jonathan P. Roth 67. Marcus Aurelius and Europe, c. 165–180Jonathan P. Roth 68. The Civil Wars of 193–195Jonathan P. Roth 69. The Severan Campaigns, 194–235Jonathan P. Roth 70. The Rise of the Sasanids and the Battle of Hormizdagan, 224Udo Hartmann 71. The Third-Century “Crisis”Udo Hartmann Part VIII The Late Roman Empire 72. The Tetrarchy, 284–305Udo Hartmann 73. The Rise of Constantine, 306–324Mark Humphries 74. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: InternalMark Humphries 75. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: WestMark Humphries 76. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: PersiaDoug Lee 77. The Goths and the Romans, 376–378Doug Lee Part IX Challenges to Empire 1135 78. Alaric and Italy, 401–410Mark Humphries 79. Italy in the Fifth CenturyMark Humphries 80. Gaul and Spain in the Fifth CenturyMark Humphries 81. The Vandals in Spain and Africa, 422–468Mark Humphries 82. Attila and the Huns, 442–455Michael Whitby 83. Theoderic and the Goths, 476–492Michael Whitby Part X The Eastern Roman Empire 84. The Eastern Roman Empire: Internal, 450–610Doug Lee 85. Anastasius and Persia, 502–506Michael Whitby 86. Justinian and Persia, 527–562Michael Whitby 87. Justinian and Africa, 533–548Alexander Sarantis 88. Justinian and Italy, 535–554Michael Whitby 89. The Early Sixth-Century Balkan WarsAlexander Sarantis 90. The Persian Wars, 572–591Michael Whitby Part XI From the Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire 91. The Lombard Conquest of Italy, 569–572Alexander Sarantis 92. The Avars and the Slavs, 570–626Michael Whitby 93. The Persian Wars, 602–628James D. Howard-Johnston 94. Islamic Conquests, 622–645James D. Howard-Johnston
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Focused on both land and sea battle narratives of the classical world, this three-volume reference covers archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century AD. Recent scholarship in the field of military history has tended to focus either on the mechanics of battle or on the impact of warfare on society. In The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles, a distinguished, international group of military history scholars returns to the topic of battle narrative with specific accounts of more than 400 battles and sieges. These battles are arranged chronologically and grouped into nearly 100 articles on campaigns and wars. Each article presents what is known of the ancient battle or siege, as well as what is uncertain or disputed, and places the battle within the framework of the broader campaign or war in which it occurred. Taken together, the articles provide the most complete and up to date scholarship on the battles of the classical world. Online edition available at www.encyclopediaofancientbattles.com
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ISBN
9781405186452
Publisert
2017-05-05
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Wiley-Blackwell
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3697 gr
Høyde
285 mm
Bredde
213 mm
Dybde
132 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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1496

Biographical note

Michael Whitby is pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has also taught at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Warwick. He has written extensively on the history and historiography of the East Roman empire in the fifth to seventh centuries AD. Most recently, he has co-authored How to Win on the Battlefield: The 25 Key Tactics of All Time (2010) and co-edited The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (2007).

Harry Sidebottom is a lecturer in ancient history at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UK, and previously held a fellowship at St. Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. Since 2003 he has been a regular reviewer of fiction, especially historical novels, in the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction (2004) as well as Iron and Rust (2014), The Amber Road (2013), and five other novels in the Warrior of Rome series, which is set in the Roman empire during the so-called Great Crisis of the third century AD.