Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs : Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World /

"A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style"--

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Édition:[Revised and updated edition].
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Weapons, Ancient.
Military history, Ancient.
Military art and science.
Chemical weapons.
Biological weapons.
Art et science militaires > Rome.
Histoire militaire ancienne.
Armes anciennes.
Military art and science > Rome.
Chemical weapons > History > To 1500.
Biological weapons > History > To 1500.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction. War outside the rules
  • Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons
  • Arrows of doom
  • Poison waters, deadly vapors
  • A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon
  • Sweet sabotage
  • Animal allies
  • Infernal fire
  • Afterword. The many-headed hydra.

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