ANCIENT WARFARE readings CHALLENGES OF CAMPAIGNING

Want to learn more some of the issues ancient commanders faced while out in the field? Here are a few book and articles that you can check out.

THE LONG MARCH: XENOPHON AND THE TEN THOUSAND By Robin Lane Fox Yale University Press, 2004 ISBN: 978-0300104035 Xenophon’s Anabasis records all manner of challenges and how they were addressed and dealt with as the army marched through modern Turkey and Iraq during 401–399 BC. The chapters by twelve leading scholars explore this rich source of social and cultural history and the mentality of the ancient Greek participants. A COMPANION TO THE ROMAN ARMY By Paul Erdkamp John Wiley, 2007 ISBN: 978-1444339215 This Wiley Companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force. Contributors give an extensive account of the army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Empire and examine it as a military machine. THE LOGISTICS OF…

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