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"The adage that an army "marches on its stomach" finds renewed emphasis in this collection of essays. Focusing on military diet and supply from Homer through the Roman Empire, Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare explains regional dietary options and reassesses traditional notions of "provisioning" while exploring topics ranging from strategy and subterfuge to trade and terror. Through fresh insights drawn from current research and excavation spanning the Greco-Roman world, contributors confirm how providing food and drink for soldiers was critical to every army's success and survival. This volume stimulates reevaluation of ancient militaries and encourages new research. Contributors are: Jeremy Armstrong, Bret Devereux, Fernando Echeverria, Paul Erdkamp, Eduardo Garcia-Molina, Marc Kleijwegt, Kelsey Koon, Sarah Murray, Nikolas Overtoom, Thomas Rose, Matthew Sears, Gregory Viggiano"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Ancient warfare and moving beyond "new military history" / Lee L. Brice -- Wealth and the logistics of Greek warfare : food, pay, and plunder / Matthew Trundle -- Early Greek siege warfare / Michael Seaman -- Daily life in classical Greek armies, ca. 500-330 BCE / John W.I. Lee -- Soldier's home : life after battle / Lawrence A. Tritle -- Greek cavalry in the Hellenistic world : review and reappraisal / Glenn Bugh -- Skeletal evidence for the impact of battle on soldiers and non-combatants / Maria A. Liston -- Financing imperialism in the Roman Republic / Nathan Rosenstein -- Indiscipline in the Roman army of the late Republic and Principate / Lee L. Brice -- The neurophysiology of panic on the ancient battlefield / Susan Heidenreich and Jonathan P. Roth -- Roman siege warfare : moral and morale / Josh Levithan -- Roman military communities and the families of auxiliary soldiers / Elizabeth M. Greene -- Approaching 'ethnic' communities in the Roman auxilia / Alexander Meyer -- Health, wounds and medicine in the late Roman army (250-600 CE) / Philip Rance.

"The study of ancient Rome remains both a high-interest topic and a staple of high school and university curricula, while recent Hollywood movies continue to heighten popular interest in Rome. This multi-format handbook examines warfare in ancient Rome during the republic period, from approximately 400 BCE to 31 BCE. Presenting ready reference, primary source documents, statistical information, and a chronology, the title explore all aspects of conflict during this time period, including key military leaders, pivotal battles and sieges, new weapons and technologies, and the intersections of warfare and society in the ancient world. The reference entries provide detailed snapshots of key people, events, groups, places, weapons systems, and strategies that enable readers to easily understand the critical issues during 400 years of the Roman Republic, while various overview, causes, and consequences essays offer engaging, in-depth coverage of the most important wars. By providing students with in-depth information about how the Roman Army operated, they develop a fuller understanding Roman, ancient, and world history."--EBL

Battle of Aegospotami -- Agesilaus II -- Agis III -- Alcibiades -- Alexander the Great -- Amphipolis -- Anabasis -- Antipater -- Battles of Artemisium -- Artillery -- Athens -- Bactria -- Brasidas -- Greek Cavalry -- Persian Cavalry -- Battle of Chaeronea -- Cimon -- Cleon -- Conon of Athens -- Corinth -- League of Corinth -- Corinthian War -- Darius I -- Darius III -- Delian League -- Battle of Delium -- Dionysius I -- Epameinondas -- Battle of Eurymedon River -- Battle of Gaugamela -- Siege of Gaza -- Battle of Granicus River -- Causes of Greco-Persian wars -- Consequences of Greco-Persian wars -- Greco-Persian wars, overview -- Hellenic Alliance -- Herodotus -- Battle of the Hydaspes -- Ionian revolt -- Iphicrates -- Battle of Issus -- Jason of Pherae -- King's peace -- Battle of Leuctra -- Long walls -- Lysander -- Macedon -- Battles of Mantinea -- Battle of Marathon -- Mardonius -- Mercenaries -- Miltiades the Younger -- Mutiny -- Battle of Mycale -- Nicias -- Pilopidas -- Peloponnesian League -- Causes of Peloponnesian war -- Consequences of Peloponnesian war -- Peloponnesian war, overview -- Peltasts -- Penteconter -- Pericles -- Persian empire -- Hoplite Phalanx -- Macedonian Phalanx -- Philip II of Macedon -- Piraeus -- Battle of Plataea -- Sacred wars.