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Focused on battle narratives of the classical world on land and at sea, this three-volume reference covers Archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century AD. Three-volume reference on land and sea battles of the classical world from Archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century AD Concentrates on narratives of specific battles, sieges, campaigns, and wars Contains the most complete and up-to-date scholarship on the subject Organized by individual wars, with chronological entries for each battle Brings together a distinguished, international group of experts on ancient military history Get the digital version at www.encyclopediaofancientbattles.com
List of contents
Part I General Topics
1. Ancient Naval Warfare, 700 BC-AD 600
Boris Rankov
2. Ancient Siege Warfare, 700 BC-AD 645
Harry Sidebottom
3. War and Battle in the Greek World, 800-168 BC
Barry Strauss
4. War and Battle in the Roman World, 700 BC-AD 235
Paul Erdkamp
Part II Archaic Greece and the Near East
5. The Lelantine War, c.700 or c.540 BC
Hans van Wees
6. The Rise of Achaemenid Persia, 550-525 BC
Maria Brosius
7. Early Greek Wars, 750-450 BC
Hans van Wees
8. The Ionian Revolt, 498-494 BC
Maria Brosius
9. The Persian Wars, 492-450 BC
Christopher Hassan and Maria Brosius
Part III The Classical Greek World
10. The First Peloponnesian War, 460-446 BC
Fernando Echeverría
11. Latin, Etruscan, Aequian, Volsci, and Gallic Wars, 499-340 BC
Tim Cornell
12. The Second Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC
Fernando Echeverría
13. The Anabasis and the Ten Thousand, 401-399 BC
Matthew Trundle
14. The Corinthian War, 395-387 BC
Matthew Trundle
15. Fourth-Century BC Greek Wars
Matthew Trundle
16. Carthaginian Offensives in Sicily, 409-307 BC
Matthew Trundle
17. Campaigns of Thebes, 379-362 BC
S³awomir Sprawski
Part IV The Macedonian Age and the Rise of Rome
18. The "Samnite Wars," 343-290 BC
Tim Cornell
19. The Rise of Macedon, 359-336 BC
Edward Anson
20. Greeks in Italy, 342-303 BC
Michael Whitby
21. The Revolt of Agis, 333-331 BC
Michael Whitby
22. Campaigns of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC
23. The Lamian War, 323-322 BC
S³awomir Sprawski
24. The Wars of the Successors, 323-281 BC
Edward Anson
25. The Campaigns of Pyrrhus, 282-272 BC
Jeremy Armstrong
26. The First Punic War and After, 264-237 BC
Arthur Eckstein
27. Dynastic Wars, 260-145 BC
Paul McKechnie
28. Inter-Greek Wars of the Third Century BC
Paul McKechnie
29. The Illyrian Wars, 229-219 BC
Paul Erdkamp
30. The Gallic Wars, Northern Italy, 225-222 BC
Louis Rawlings
31. The Second Punic War, 220-202 BC
Eddie Owens
32. The Roman Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul, 201-191 BC
Louis Rawlings
33. The First Macedonian War, 215-205 BC
Paul Erdkamp
34. Philopoemen in the Peloponnese, 221-192 BC
Paul McKechnie
35. The Second Macedonian War, 200-197 BC
Paul Erdkamp
36. The War against Antiochus III, 191-188 BC
Paul Erdkamp
37. The Third Macedonian War, 171-168 BC
Paul Erdkamp
38. The Maccabean War, 167-161 BC
Michael Whitby
39. The Third Punic War, 149-146 BC
Dexter Hoyos
40. The Andriscus Uprising and the Achaean War, 149-146 BC
Paul Erdkamp
Part V The Imperial Roman Republic 845
41. The Rise of Parthia, C. 250-C. 92 BC
Harry Sidebottom
42. The Numantine War, 154-133 BC
Dexter Hoyos
43. The Jugurthine War, 112-105 BC
Dexter Hoyos
44. The Roman Conquest of Southern Gaul, 125-121 BC
Louis Rawlings
45. Campaigns against Pirates, 103-67 BC
Philip Matyszak
46. The Social War, 91-87 BC
Philip Matyszak
47. The Mithridatic Wars, 89-66 BC
Philip Matyszak
48. Marius versus Sulla, 83-82 BC
Philip Matyszak
49. Campaigns against Sertorius, 81-72 BC
Philip Matyszak
50. Spartacus and the Slave Revolts, 133-71 BC
Philip Matyszak
51. The Battle of Pistoia, 62 BC
Richard Marshall
52. The Gallic Wars, 61-51 BC
Louis Rawlings
53. Invasions of Britai
