The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles, 3 Volume Set
Author: Whitby, Michael,Sidebottom, Harry
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Category: Reference Works, Ancient History: To C 500 CE, Military History
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Hardcover
Dieses dreibändige Nachschlagewerk legt den Schwerpunkt auf Erzählungen zu Schlachten an Land und auf See in der klassischen Welt, vom alten Griechenland im 8. Jahrhundert vor Christus bis zu Aufkommen des Islam im 7. Jahrhundert nach Christus. - Dreibändiges Nachschlagewerk über Schlachten an Land und auf See in der klassischen Welt, vom alten Griechenland im 8. Jahrhundert nach Christus bis zum Aufkommen des Islam im 7. Jahrhundert nach Christus. -Erzählungen konzentrieren sich auf bestimmte Schlachten, Belagerungen, Feldzüge und Kriege. - Bietet den umfassendsten und aktuellsten Stand der Wissenschaft zu dem Fachgebiet. - Gegliedert nach Kriegen mit chronologischen Einträgen zu jeder Schlacht. - Anerkannte, internationale Gruppe von Experten zum Thema Militärgeschichte.
Michael Whitby is pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has also taught at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Warwick. He has written extensively on the history and historiography of the East Roman empire in the fifth to seventh centuries AD. Most recently, he has co-authored How to Win on the Battlefield: The 25 Key Tactics of All Time (2010) and co-edited The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (2007). Harry Sidebottom is a lecturer in ancient history at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UK, and previously held a fellowship at St. Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. Since 2003 he has been a regular reviewer of fiction, especially historical novels, in the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction (2004) as well as Iron and Rust (2014), The Amber Road (2013), and five other novels in the Warrior of Rome series, which is set in the Roman empire during the so-called Great Crisis of the third century AD.
Table 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 Echeverria 11. Latin, Etruscan, Aequian, Volsci, and Gallic Wars, 499 340 BC Tim Cornell 12. The Second Peloponnesian War, 431 404 BC Fernando Echeverria 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 S^3awomir 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 S^3awomir 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 Britain, 55 and 54 BC Louis Rawlings 54. The Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC Michael Whitby 55. Pompey versus Caesar, 49 45 BC Stephen Matthews Part VI Early Imperial Rome 56. The Second Triumvirate, 43 31 BC Stephen Matthews 57. Campaigns in Pannonia, 35 BC AD 9 Brian Campbell 58. German Campaigns, 55 BC AD 16 Brian Campbell 59. The Conquest of Britain, 43 87 Brian Campbell 60. Campaigns in Armenia, 58 66 Brian Campbell 61. The Jewish Revolt, 66 Brian Campbell 62. The Year of the Four Emperors, 69 Brian Campbell 63. The Dacian Wars, 84 106 Harry Sidebottom Part VII Roman Imperial Triumph and Challenges 64. Trajan s Parthian War, 113 117 Jonathan P. Roth 65. The Battle of Aelia, 133 135 Jonathan P. Roth 66. Lucius Verus and the East, 161 165 Jonathan P. Roth 67. Marcus Aurelius and Europe, c. 165 180 Jonathan P. Roth 68. The Civil Wars of 193 195 Jonathan P. Roth 69. The Severan Campaigns, 194 235 Jonathan P. Roth 70. The Rise of the Sasanids and the Battle of Hormizdagan, 224 Udo Hartmann 71. The Third-Century Crisis Udo Hartmann Part VIII The Late Roman Empire 72. The Tetrarchy, 284 305 Udo Hartmann 73. The Rise of Constantine, 306 324 Mark Humphries 74. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: Internal Mark Humphries 75. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: West Mark Humphries 76. The Fourth-Century Roman Empire: Persia Doug Lee 77. The Goths and the Romans, 376 378 Doug Lee Part IX Challenges to Empire 1135 78. Alaric and Italy, 401 410 Mark Humphries 79. Italy in the Fifth Century Mark Humphries 80. Gaul and Spain in the Fifth Century Mark Humphries 81. The Vandals in Spain and Africa, 422 468 Mark Humphries 82. Attila and the Huns, 442 455 Michael Whitby 83. Theoderic and the Goths, 476 492 Michael Whitby Part X The Eastern Roman Empire 84. The Eastern Roman Empire: Internal, 450 610 Doug Lee 85. Anastasius and Persia, 502 506 Michael Whitby 86. Justinian and Persia, 527 562 Michael Whitby 87. Justinian and Africa, 533 548 Alexander Sarantis 88. Justinian and Italy, 535 554 Michael Whitby 89. The Early Sixth-Century Balkan Wars Alexander Sarantis 90. The Persian Wars, 572 591 Michael Whitby Part XI From the Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire 91. The Lombard Conquest of Italy, 569 572 Alexander Sarantis 92. The Avars and the Slavs, 570 626 Michael Whitby 93. The Persian Wars, 602 628 James D. Howard-Johnston 94. Islamic Conquests, 622 645 James D. Howard-Johnston
About Michael Whitby
Michael Whitby is pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has also taught at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Warwick. He has written extensively on the history and historiography of the East Roman empire in the fifth to seventh centuries AD. Most recently, he has co-authored How to Win on the Battlefield: The 25 Key Tactics of All Time (2010) and co-edited The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (2007). Harry Sidebottom is a lecturer in ancient history at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, UK, and previously held a fellowship at St. Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. Since 2003 he has been a regular reviewer of fiction, especially historical novels, in the Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction (2004) as well as Iron and Rust (2014), The Amber Road (2013), and five other novels in the Warrior of Rome series, which is set in the Roman empire during the so-called Great Crisis of the third century AD.
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