War and Society in the Greek World (Leicester-Nottingham by Dr John Rich,John Rich,Graham Shipley

By Dr John Rich,John Rich,Graham Shipley

The function of war is important to our knowing of the traditional Greek international. during this e-book and the spouse paintings, War and Society within the Roman World, the broader social context of battle is explored. This quantity examines its impression on Greek society from Homeric instances to the age of Alexander and his successors and discusses the importance of the explanations and earnings of warfare, the hyperlinks among conflict, piracy and slavery, and exchange, and the ideology of war in literature and sculpture.

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