Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles

Focused on both land and sea battle narratives of the classical world, this three-volume reference covers archaic Greece in the eighth century BC to the rise of Islam in the seventh century AD. Recent scholarship in the field of military history has tended to focus either on the mechanics of battle or on the impact of warfare on society. In The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles, a distinguished, international group of military history scholars returns to the topic of battle narrative with specific...