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Greek and Roman Military Manuals

James T. Chlup, Conor Whately
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      This volume explores the enigmatic primary source known as the ancient military manual. In particular, the volume explores the extent to which these diverse texts constitute a genre (sometimes unsatisfactorily classified as ‘technical literature’), and the degree to which they reflect the practice of warfare.With contributions from a diverse group of scholars, the chapters examine military manuals from early Archaic Greece to the Byzantine period, covering a wide range of topics including readership, siege warfare, mercenaries, defeat, textual history, and religion. Coverage includes most of the major contemporary siege manual writers, including Xenophon, Frontinus, Vegetius, and Maurice. Close examination of these texts serves to reveals the complex ways in which ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines sought to understand better, and impose order upon, the seemingly irrational phenomenon known as war.Providing insight into the multifaceted collection of texts that constituted military manuals, this volume is a key resource for students and scholars of warfare and military literature in the classical and Byzantine periods.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: James T. Chlup, Conor Whately EAN: 9780367541767 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 760 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-08-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, HISTORY / Military / Aviation WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient history, Military history

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      James T. Chlup is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manitoba, Canada.Conor Whatley is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.
      This volume explores the enigmatic primary source known as the ancient military manual. In particular, the volume explores the extent to which these diverse texts constitute a genre (sometimes unsatisfactorily classified as ‘technical literature’), and the degree to which they reflect the practice of warfare.With contributions from a diverse group of scholars, the chapters examine military manuals from early Archaic Greece to the Byzantine period, covering a wide range of topics including readership, siege warfare, mercenaries, defeat, textual history, and religion. Coverage includes most of the major contemporary siege manual writers, including Xenophon, Frontinus, Vegetius, and Maurice. Close examination of these texts serves to reveals the complex ways in which ancient Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines sought to understand better, and impose order upon, the seemingly irrational phenomenon known as war.Providing insight into the multifaceted collection of texts that constituted military manuals, this volume is a key resource for students and scholars of warfare and military literature in the classical and Byzantine periods.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: James T. Chlup, Conor Whately EAN: 9780367541767 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 760 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-08-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, HISTORY / Military / Aviation WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient history, Military history

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      James T. Chlup is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manitoba, Canada.Conor Whatley is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.

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