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- Author: Adam Schwartz
- Publisher: Steiner Franz Verlag
- Year: 2013
- Pages: 337
- ISBN-10: 3515103988
- ISBN-13: 9783515103985
- Format: 16.9 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central role traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detailed scrutiny of hoplite equipment and its physical characteristics, the author demonstrates that this equipment must in fact have been developed specifically to meet the needs of warriors fighting in phalanx formations, which, it is shown, can be traced back into the eighth century BC.
- Author: Adam Schwartz
- Publisher: Steiner Franz Verlag
- Year: 2013
- Pages: 337
- ISBN-10: 3515103988
- ISBN-13: 9783515103985
- Format: 16.9 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central role traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detailed scrutiny of hoplite equipment and its physical characteristics, the author demonstrates that this equipment must in fact have been developed specifically to meet the needs of warriors fighting in phalanx formations, which, it is shown, can be traced back into the eighth century BC.
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