Title:
Warfare in the classical world : an illustrated encyclopedia of weapons, warriors, and warfare in the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome / John Warry.
Author:
Warry, John Gibson.
Publication Information:
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
Call Number:
U29 .W37 1995
Abstract:
Includes material on the Trojan War, Sparta, Thebes, Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Punic Wars, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Julius Caesar, and barbarian invasions.
ISBN:
9780806127941
Physical Description:
224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
General Note:
Originally published: London : Salamander Books, 1980.
"A Salamander book"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Contents:
The Pronunciation of Ancient Languages -- Homeric and Mycenaean Warfare -- The Persian Wars -- The Peloponnesian War -- The Decline of Sparta and Ascendancy of Thebes -- Alexander the Great -- Alexander's Successors and the Later Greek World -- Pyrrhus of Epirus and the Roman Republic -- The Punic Wars and Roman Expansion -- Marius and Sulla -- Pompey and his Epoch -- Julius Caesar -- The Wars of the Triumvirate -- The Military Task of Imperial Rome -- The Coming of the Barbarians.
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