War as a cultural and social force
Subtitle: essays on warfare in antiquity
By: edited by Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen and Lise Hannestad.
Contributors: Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes.; Hannestad, Lise.
Series: Historisk-filosofiske skrifter -- 22
Publisher: Det kongelige danske videnskabernes selskab
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Copenhagen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Military art and science -- History -- To 500.; War and civilization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Symbolic and pragmatic aspects of warfare in the Greek world of the 8th to 6th centuries BC / Catherine Morgan; title: The myth of the middle-class army: military and social status in ancient Athens / Hans van Wees; title: Naval warfare: its economic and social impact on Greek cities / Vincent Gabrielsen; title: War and culture in the Seleucid Empire / Michel Austin; title: War and Greek art / Lise Hannestad; title: Science and warfare in the classical world / Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen; title: Army and society in the Late Republic and Early Empire / Lawrence Keppie; title: Veteranus and Munus publicum / Stefan Link; title: Rome and her enemies: warfare in Imperial art / Niels Hannestad; title: The rise of European infantry / Klavs Randsborg; title: War in history. Doctrine, leadership and effect on society / K.G.H. Hillingsø.