Early Iron Age Greek Warrior 1100–700 BC cover

Description

The period from the 12th century onward saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands, as monarchies disappeared to be replaced by aristocratic rule and finally by the development of a new form of community: the city-state.

Alongside these changes, a new style of warfare developed, which was to be the determining factor in land warfare in Greece, until the 338 BC defeat of the Greek city-state, by the might of Macedonia at Chaeronea. This mode of warfare was based on a group of heavily armed infantrymen organized in a phalanx formation--the classic hoplite formation--and remained the system throughout the classical Greek period. This new title details this pivotal time, and the transition from the Bronze Age warriors of Homer to the origins of the men who fought the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chronology Historical background Military organisation Weapons Chariotry Siege warfare Naval warfare The life of the warrior Warfare War campaigns museums and electronic resources Bibliography Glossary Index

Product details

Published Aug 23 2016
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781472815590
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 35 b/w; 43 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Warrior
Short code WAR 180
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Raffaele D’Amato

Raffaele D'Amato, PhD, is the author of some 40 bo…

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Andrea Salimbeti

Andrea Salimbeti has had a lifelong interest in an…

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Giuseppe Rava

Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took…

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