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Warfare in the Classical World

War and the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome

By: Archimandrite John Warry

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Warfare in the Classical World

War and the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome

By: Archimandrite John Warry

This authoritative volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600BC and AD 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilisation to the fall of Ravenna and the eventual decline of the Roman Empire. The book is also, of course, about the great military commanders, such as Alexander and Julius Caesar - men whose feats of generalship still provide material for discussion and admiration in the world's military academies.

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Batsford Books

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184994315X

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9781849943154

The Ancient Greeks

A Critical History

By: John Van Antwerp Fine

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The Ancient Greeks

A Critical History

By: John Van Antwerp Fine

John Fine offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. Throughout he indicates the nature of the evidence on which our present knowledge is based, masterfully explaining the problems and pitfalls in interpreting ancient accounts.

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Harvard University Press

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0674033140

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9780674033146

Cornelius Nepos

A Study in the Evidence and Influence

By: John Lobur

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Cornelius Nepos

A Study in the Evidence and Influence

By: John Lobur

Roman author Cornelius Nepos wrote at a very dynamic time in Roman history, but oddly enough little has been said about what his surviving work as a whole can tell us about that period. In the scholarship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the author was much maligned as inaccurate, simple-minded, and derivative, and thus it has been hard to make the case that the evidence he provides is important or even useful. John Lobur’s work rehabilitates Nepos to show that in fact he should be understood as an emblematic member of the Italian intelligentsia, one well-positioned to write narratives of great potency with respect to the ideological tenor of emerging Roman imperial culture. Cornelius Nepos: A Study in the Evidence and Influence begins by exploring the writer's ancient reception, which suggests he was in no way seen as beneath consideration by the Romans themselves. The volume then deconstructs the critical framework that cast him as an "inferior" author in the classical canon. What emerges is an author who reworked Greek historical narratives in a learned, sophisticated way, yet one still limited by the compositional logistics and limitations inherent in ancient scholarship. The study then explores his contemporary relationships and embeds his work among the crucial ideological activity at play in the late Republic and Triumviral periods. Cornelius Nepos spends considerable time on the fragmentary evidence (which highlights Nepos' interest in changes in fashion and consumption) to suggest that he was a valued cultural elder who informed a public eager to recover a sense of tradition during a period of bewilderingly fast social and cultural change. The book finishes with a thematic examination of the entire Lives of the Foreign Commanders (a set of biographies on ancient non-Roman generals) to show that despite the expression of very “Republican” sentiments, he was in fact fashioning an ideological framework for something imperial and quasi-monarchic which, though autocratic, was still antityrannical and imagined as resting on a broad and “democratic” foundation of social consent. Nepos saw that Rome would soon be ruled by one person, and his biographies show how the elites of the day both processed that reality and attempted to circumscribe it for good ends through the creation of new models of legitimacy.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472129384

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9780472129386

Herodotus and Greek History (Routledge Revivals)

By: John Hart

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Herodotus and Greek History (Routledge Revivals)

By: John Hart

Herodotus has shaped our knowledge of life, religion, war and politics in ancient Greece immeasurably, as well as being one of the most entertaining of all Classical Greek authors: fascinating, perceptive, accessible and not at all pretentious. Herodotus and Greek History, first published in 1982, examines the themes and preoccupations which form the basis for Herodotus’ style of history. The Athenian nobility, important protagonists in the context of what we know of his sources; the human and divine forces, which Herodotus understood as influencing the course of history; and the concepts of character and motivation are all discussed. Herodotus’ treatment of religious belief and oracles, politics and war, and his portrayal of certain prominent individuals are specifically investigated. The final chapter situates Herodotus in his historical context. John Hart’s lucid, well-informed and lively discussion of Herodotus will be value to A-level candidates, school teachers, undergraduates, lecturers and curious non-classicists alike.

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258

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Routledge

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1317678389

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9781317678380

Simonides

A Historical Study

By: John H. Molyneux

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Simonides

A Historical Study

By: John H. Molyneux

In his examination of the public life and poetic career of Simonides, Molyneux has provided a thorough examination of all the documentary evidence available with respect to one of history's major choral lyric poets.

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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

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0865162239

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9780865162235

Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras

By: John Marincola

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Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras

By: John Marincola

This volume in The Edinburgh Leventis Studies series collects the papers presented at the sixth A. G. Leventis conference, It engages with new research and new approaches to the Greek past, and brings the fruits of that research to a wider audience.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748654666

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9780748654666

The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus

By: John S. White

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The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus

By: John S. White

Reproduction of the original: The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus by John S. White

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3732654206

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9783732654208

The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

The Ancient History of the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara & Bosporos

By: John D. Grainger

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The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

The Ancient History of the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara & Bosporos

By: John D. Grainger

In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits, comprising the Dardanelles (or Hellespont), Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were guarded, at different times, by two of the most fabled cities of all time: respectively Troy (in Asia) and Byzantion (or Byzantium, on the European coast). The narrow crossing points at the Hellespont and Bosporus were strategically important invasion routes while the waters themselves were vital routes of travel and commerce, particularly the supply of grain from the hinterland of the Black Sea to the Greek cities. This made them sought after prizes and sources of friction between successive empires, Persians, Macedonians and Romans among them, and ensured they were associated with some of the great names of history, from Odysseus to Xerxes, Alexander to Constantine the Great. John D Grainger relates the fascinating history of this pivotal region from the Trojan War to Byzantion’s refounding as the new capital of the Roman Empire. Renamed Constantinople it dominated the straits for a thousand years.

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Pen and Sword Military

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1399013254

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9781399013253

Bibliotheca Classica or A Dictionary of all the Principal Names and Terms

By: John Lemprière,Lorenzo L. Da Ponte,John D. Ogilby

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Bibliotheca Classica or A Dictionary of all the Principal Names and Terms

By: John Lemprière,Lorenzo L. Da Ponte,John D. Ogilby

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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3385260205

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9783385260207

Theseus and Athens

By: Henry John Walker

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Theseus and Athens

By: Henry John Walker

Theseus is celebrated as the greatest of Athenian heroes. This work explores what he meant to the Athenians at the height of their city-state in the fifth century B.C. Assembling material that has been scattered in scholarly works, Henry Walker examines the evidence for the development of the myth and cult of Theseus in the archaic age. He then looks to major works of classical literature in which Theseus figures, exploring the contradictions between the archaic, primitive side of his character and his refurbished image as the patron of democracy. His ambiguous nature as outsider, flouting accepted standards of behavior, while at the same time being a hero-king and a representative of higher ideals, is analyzed through his representations in the work of Bacchylides, Euripides, and Sophocles. This is the only work of scholarship that examines the literary representation of Theseus so thoroughly. It brings to life a literary character whose virtues, flaws, and contradictions belong in no less a degree to his creators, the people of Athens.

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Oxford University Press

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0195358376

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Book's by John Miltiades

Warfare in the Classical World

Warfare in the Classical World

The Ancient Greeks

The Ancient Greeks

Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Herodotus and Greek History (Routledge Revivals)

Herodotus and Greek History (Routledge Revivals)

Simonides

Simonides

Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras

Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras

The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus

The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus

The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

Bibliotheca Classica or A Dictionary of all the Principal Names and Terms

Bibliotheca Classica or A Dictionary of all the Principal Names and Terms

Theseus and Athens

Theseus and Athens

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