Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World) - Softcover

Sage, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415143551 ISBN 13: 9780415143554

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Warfare in Ancient Greece assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the Greek experience of war. The author has carefully selected key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided them with comprehensive commentaries.
For the Greek polis, warfare was a more usual state of affairs than peace. The documents assembled here recreate the social and historical framework in which ancient Greek warfare took place - over a period of more than a thousand years from the Homeric Age to Alexander the Great. Special attention is paid to the attitudes and feelings of the Greeks towards defeated people and captured cities.
Complete with notes, index and bibliography, Warfare in Ancient Greece will provide students of Ancient and Military History with an unprecedented survey of relevant materials

About this title

From the Back Cover:

For the Greek polis, warfare was a more usual state of affairs than peace. The documents assembled here recreate the social and historical framework in which ancient Greek warfare took place - over a period of more than a thousand years from the Homeric Age to the first century BC. Special attention is paid to the attitudes and feelings of the Greeks towards defeated peoples and captured cities.

About the Author:

Michael M Sage is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Cincinnati. He has published widely on Tacitus and aspects of ancient military history

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415143551
• ISBN 13: 9780415143554
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284