Men of Bronze : : Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece / / ed. by Donald Kagan, Gregory F. Viggiano.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Cartledge, Paul,; Davis Hanson, Victor,; Foxhall, Lin,; Hale, John R.,; Kagan, Donald,; Krentz, Peter,; Raaflaub, Kurt A.,; Schwartz, Adam,; Snodgrass, Anthony,; Viggiano, Gregory F.,; Wees, Hans van,
• HerausgeberIn: Kagan, Donald,; Viggiano, Gregory F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 9 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. 9 maps.

Men of Bronze takes up one of the most important and fiercely debated subjects in ancient history and classics: how did archaic Greek hoplites fight, and what role, if any, did hoplite warfare play in shaping the Greek polis? In the nineteenth century, George Grote argued that the phalanx battle for...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF FIGURES
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1. The Hoplite Debate
• CHAPTER 2. The Arms, Armor, and Iconography of Early Greek Hoplite Warfare
• CHAPTER 3. Hoplitai/Politai: Refighting Ancient Battles
• CHAPTER 4. Setting the Frame Chronologically
• CHAPTER 5. Early Greek Infantry Fighting in a Mediterranean Context
• CHAPTER 6. The Hoplite Revolution and the Rise of the Polis
• CHAPTER 7. Hoplite Hell: How Hoplites Fought
• CHAPTER 8. Large Weapons, Small Greeks: The Practical Limitations of Hoplite Weapons and Equipment
• CHAPTER 9. Not Patriots, Not Farmers, Not Amateurs: Greek Soldiers of Fortune and the Origins of Hoplite Warfare
• CHAPTER 10. Can We See the "Hoplite Revolution" on the Ground? Archaeological Landscapes, Material Culture, and Social Status in Early Greece
• CHAPTER 11. Farmers and Hoplites: Models of Historical Development
• CHAPTER 12. The Hoplite Narrative
• CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX