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Warfare in the Classical World #BNBHRD0007
 
Warfare in the Classical World
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$9.99
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Historical
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Barnes And Noble

 The book, Warfare in the Classical World, traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds from 1600 B.C. to 800 A.D.  The evolution of warfare in these societies begins with the rise of the Mycenaean civilization to the fall of the Ravenna and the complete collapse of the western Roman Empire.    Throughout the period of time reviewed in this book, the tactics and stratagy of battle were studied and refined while the machinery of war showed a similar eveolution from the comparatively primitive to the highly sophisticated.  This book also takes a comprehensive look at the great military commanders of the era men such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar whose feats in battle still provide material for discussion and admiration in the military academies around the world to this day.  The major sections of the book, Warfare in the Classical World, are as follows: 1) The Pronuncuations of Ancient Languages; 2) Homeric and Mycenaean Warfare; 3) The Persian Wars; 4) The Peloponnesian War; 5) The Decline of Sparta and Ascendancy of Thebes; 6) Alexander the Great; 7) Alexander's Successors and the Later Greek World; 8) Pyrrhus of Epirus and the Roman Republic; 9) The punic Wars and Roman Expansion; 10) Marius and Sulla; 11) Pompey and his Epoch; 12) Julius Caesar; 13) The Wars of the Triumvirate; 14) The Military Task of Imperial Rome; 15) The Coming of the Barbarians; 16) Glossary and 17) Index.  In addition to a very comprehensive narrative, this book includes the following: 1) More than 120 black & white and color photgraphs; 2) 50 newly researched battle plans and tactical diagrams and 3) 16 maps.  Of note, is the fact that a running chronolgy is presented at the foot of each page which represents another attractive book feature that is sure to appeal to both the military historian and specialist alike.  This book is 224 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is John Warry.  Edition published in 1993.

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