Hellenistic land battles 300-167 BCE : a history and analysis of 130 engagements /

"The Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE) saw the Grecian phalanx-long dominant in Mediterranean warfare-challenged by legionary formations from the rising city-state of Rome. The Roman way of war would come to eclipse phalanx-based combat by the 160s yet this was not evident at the time. Rome suffe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, Fred Eugene, Jr., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferon, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., [2020]
Temas:
To 1500
Military art and science > Greece > History > To 1500.
Soldiers > Greece > History > To 1500.
Battles > Greece > History.
Armies > Greece.
Art et science militaires > Grèce > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Batailles > Grèce > Histoire.
Armées > Grèce.
Armies.
Battles.
Military art and science.
Soldiers.
Greece > History, Military > To 146 B.C.
Greece > History > 281-146 B.C.
Grèce > Histoire militaire > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Grèce > Histoire > 281-146 av. J.-C.
Greece.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Instruments of War
  • 2. Phalanx Versus Legion
  • 3. Gauls, Pyrrhus, Carthage and Rome
  • 4. Sundered Realms
  • 5. Phalanx Triumphant
  • 6. The Road to Zama
  • 7. Twilight of the Phalanx
  • 8. An End to the Greek Way of War
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 1: Roman Defeats at Allia (390 BCE) and Caudium (321 BCE)
  • Appendix 2: Hellenistic Land Battles/Keys to Victory (300-167 BCE)
  • Appendix 3: Legion Versus Phlanx (280-168 BCE)
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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