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Greece, Macedon and Persia

Timothy Howe editor Erin Garvin editor Graham Wrightson editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxbow Books

Published:12th Mar '15

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This book contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of Warfare, Politics and Power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by 19 recognized experts from a variety of methodological and evidentiary perspectives, show how ancient peoples considered war and conflict at the heart of social, political and economic activity. Though focusing on a single theme – war – the papers are firmly based in the context of the wider social and literary issues of Ancient Mediterranean scholarship and as such, consider war and conflict as part of a complex matrix of culture in which historical actors articulate their relationships with society and historical authors articulate their relationships with history. The result is a rich understanding of Ancient World history and history-writing. The volume is presented in honour of Waldemar Heckel, a foremost scholar of Alexander the Great and Ancient Warfare.

All in all, this anthology is therefore an interesting and generally high-quality publication. * Hsozkult *
...provides paperson a mix of topics of broad interest to historians of the Macedonian kingdoms. * Classical Journal Online *

ISBN: 9781782979234

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Weight: unknown

168 pages