Fields of death : retracing ancient battlefields / Richard Evans.

By:

Evans, Richard J, 1954- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781473829893
1473829895
9781473831056
1473831059
1473830478
9781473830479

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fields of deathDDC classification:

355.0093 23

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U29 .E9 2013eb

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Contents:

""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and Notes""; ""Maps and Plans""; ""List of Plates""; ""Chapter 1 The End of Sybaris (510 bc)""; ""Chapter 2 The Athenian Siege of Syracuse (414â€?413 bc)""; ""Chapter 3 The Siege and Destruction of Motya (397 bc)""; ""Chapter 4 Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae (102â€?101 bc):Mariusâ€? Victories over the Germans""; ""Chapter 5 Julius Caesar, Mithridates of Pergamum and theRelief of Alexandria (47 bc)""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Summary: Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record. Details, especially those related to topographical and geographical issues which can have a fundamental importance to military actions, are left tantalisingly unclear to the modern reader. The evidence from archaeological excavation work can sometimes fill in a gap in our understanding, but such an a.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.

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Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record. Details, especially those related to topographical and geographical issues which can have a fundamental importance to military actions, are left tantalisingly unclear to the modern reader. The evidence from archaeological excavation work can sometimes fill in a gap in our understanding, but such an a.

English.

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