This book contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of Warfare, Politics and Power in the Ancient Mediterranean world.
This book contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of Warfare, Politics and Power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by 19 recognized experts from a variety of methodological and evidentiary perspectives, show how ancient peoples considered war and conflict at the heart of social, political and economic activity. Though focusing on a single theme war the papers are firmly based in the context of the wider social and literary issues of Ancient Mediterranean scholarship and as such, consider war and conflict as part of a complex matrix of culture in which historical actors articulate their relationships with society and historical authors articulate their relationships with history. The result is a rich understanding of Ancient World history and history-writing. The volume is presented in honour of Waldemar Heckel, a foremost scholar of Alexander the Great and Ancient Warfare.
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All in all, this anthology is therefore an interesting and generally high-quality publication. * Hsozkult * ...provides paperson a mix of topics of broad interest to historians of the Macedonian kingdoms. * Classical Journal Online *
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| Contributors |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction: Wald |
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1 Darius I and the Problems of (Re)conquest: Resistance, false identities and the impact of the past |
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2 Clausewitz and Ancient Warfare |
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3 Thucydides and the Failure in Sicily |
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4 Women and Symposia in Macedonia |
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5 Infantry and the Evolution of Argead Macedonia |
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6 Equine Aspects of Alexander the Great's Macedonian Cavalry |
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7 Macedonian Armies, Elephants, and the Perfection of Combined Arms |
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8 Military Unrest in the Age of Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Defining the terms of debate |
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9 Opposition to Macedonian Kings: Riots for rewards and verbal protests |
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10 Arrian and `Roman' Military Tactics. Alexander's campaign against the Autonomous Thracians |
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11 Counter-Insurgency: The lesson of Alexander the Great |
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12 The Comparison between Alexander and Philip. Use and metamorphosis of an ideological theme |
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13 The Callisthenes Enigma |
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14 Alexander's Unintended Legacy: Borders |
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15 Cleomenes of Naucratis, Villain or Victim? |
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16 Cult of the Dead and Vision of the Afterlife in Early Hellenistic Macedonia |
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Franca Landucci Gattinoni |
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17 The Career of Sostratos of Knidos: Politics, Diplomacy and the Alexandrian Building Programme in the Early Hellenistic Period |
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18 What did Arsinoe tell Lysimachus about Philetaerus? |
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19 Polybius on Naval Warfare |
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20 Rome's Apparent Disinterest in Macedonia 168--148 BCE |
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Timothy Howe is Professor of History and Ancient Studies at St. Olaf College (USA). His main research interests are in Alexander the Great, ancient Mediterranean warfare, agriculture, law, religion, trade, and, Greek and Latin epigraphy. Erin Garvin is Lecturer in Classics and History at the University of Alberta (Canada). his wide ranging research interests include archaic and classical Greek history (political theory; politics, science and religion; philosophy, mythology and anthropology of institutions), historiography, Pre-Islamic Persian history, roman history and historical method and theory Graham Wrightson is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Military History at South Dakota State University (USA). His research interests focus on ancient warfare and military, in particular ancient Greek military history (Alexander and his successors) and the Crusades, as well as medieval history and medieval England.
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