The Many Faces Of War In The Ancient World
by Sabine Müller /
2015 / English / PDF
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This volume on different aspects of warfare and its political
implications in the ancient world brings together the works of both
established and younger scholars working on a historical period
that stretches from the archaic period of Greece to the late Roman
Empire. With its focus on cultural and social history, it presents
an overview of several current issues concerning the new military
history. The book contains papers that can be conveniently divided
into three parts. Part I is composed of three papers primarily
concerned with archaic and classical Greece, though the third
covers a wide range and relates the experience of the ancient
Greeks to that of soldiers in the modern world one might even argue
that the comparison works in reverse. Part II comprises five papers
on warfare in the age of Alexander the Great and on its reception
early in the Hellenistic period. These demonstrate that the study
of Alexander as a military figure is hardly a well-worn theme, but
rather in its relative infancy, whether the approach is the tried
and true (and wrongly disparaged) method of Quellenforschung or
that of experiencing war, something that has recently come into
fashion. Part III offers three papers on war in the time of
Imperial Rome, particularly on the fringes of the Empire. Covering
a wide chronological span, Greek, Macedonian and Roman cultures and
various topics, this volume shows the importance and actuality of
research on the history of war and the diversity of the approaches
to this task, as well as the different angles from which it can be
analysed.
This volume on different aspects of warfare and its political
implications in the ancient world brings together the works of both
established and younger scholars working on a historical period
that stretches from the archaic period of Greece to the late Roman
Empire. With its focus on cultural and social history, it presents
an overview of several current issues concerning the new military
history. The book contains papers that can be conveniently divided
into three parts. Part I is composed of three papers primarily
concerned with archaic and classical Greece, though the third
covers a wide range and relates the experience of the ancient
Greeks to that of soldiers in the modern world one might even argue
that the comparison works in reverse. Part II comprises five papers
on warfare in the age of Alexander the Great and on its reception
early in the Hellenistic period. These demonstrate that the study
of Alexander as a military figure is hardly a well-worn theme, but
rather in its relative infancy, whether the approach is the tried
and true (and wrongly disparaged) method of Quellenforschung or
that of experiencing war, something that has recently come into
fashion. Part III offers three papers on war in the time of
Imperial Rome, particularly on the fringes of the Empire. Covering
a wide chronological span, Greek, Macedonian and Roman cultures and
various topics, this volume shows the importance and actuality of
research on the history of war and the diversity of the approaches
to this task, as well as the different angles from which it can be
analysed.