Hoplites
Subtitle: the classical Greek battle experience
By: edited by Victor Davis Hanson.
Contributors: Hanson, Victor Davis.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Military art and science -- Greece -- History -- To 500.; Soldiers -- Greece -- History.; Infantry -- History.; Battles -- Greece -- History.; Historia antiga - grecia (pratica militar); Art et science militaires -- Grèce -- Histoire.; Greece -- History, Military.; Greece -- Armed Forces.; Grèce -- Histoire militaire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The ideology of hoplite battle, ancient and modern / Victor Davis Hanson; title: The men and their equipment. Hoplite weapons and offensive arms / J.K. Anderson; title: The identification and retrieval of the hoplite battle-dead / Pamela Vaughn; title: Hoplite technology in phalanx battle / Victor Davis Hanson; title: The environment of battle. The killing zone / John Lazenby; title: The salpinx in Greek warfare / Peter Krentz; title: The general as hoplite / Everett L. Wheeler; title: The rules of the game : hoplite tradition and practice. Hoplites and obstacles / Josiah Ober; title: Sacrifice before battle / Michael H. Jameson; title: Hoplites and the gods : the dedication of captured arms and armour / A.H. Jackson; title: The future of Greek military history / Victor Davis Hanson.