Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus /

Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus /

Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias' (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and inte...

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Other Authors: Barley, Nick, Ph.D., Pretzler, Maria.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies.
Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online III, ISBN: 9789004249301.

Subjects:

Aeneas, > Tacticus, > active 4th century B.C. > Peri tou pōs chrē poliorkoumenous antechein > History and criticism.
Military art and science > History > To 500.
Siege warfare > Early works to 1800.
Engines of war > Early works to 1800.

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Call Number: U101

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction /
  • Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley
  • 'The Other Aineias' /
  • David Whitehead
  • Aineias the Author: Who, Where and When? /
  • Robin Lane Fox
  • Aineias Tacticus in His Intellectual Context /
  • D. Graham J. Shipley
  • Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika /
  • Maria Pretzler
  • Creating Koine: Aineias Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language /
  • José Vela Tejada
  • Writing and Other Forms of Communication in Aineias' Poliorketika /
  • Peter Liddel
  • The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis /
  • Maria Pretzler
  • Greek Poleis and Warfare in the Fourth Century BC: Aineias' Poliorketika /
  • Marco Bettalli
  • Light Infantry and Leadership in Aineias /
  • Nick Barley
  • Mercenaries in Aineias Tacticus /
  • James Roy
  • Raiders from the Sea: The Maritime Context of the Poliorketika /
  • Philip de Souza
  • Notes from Home: A Perspective on Fourth-century Defence from Arkadian Stymphalos /
  • Ben Gourley
  • Technology in Aineias Tacticus: Simple and Complex /
  • Tracey E. Rihll
  • The Reception of Aineias' Poliorketika in Byzantine Military Literature /
  • Philip Rance
  • Indexes.