ABSTRACT

In this comprehensive overview of ancient warfare, Antonio Santosuosso explores how the tactical and strategic concepts of warfare changed between the beginning of the fifth century B.C. and the middle of the second century B.C. and why the West-Greece, Macedonia, and Rome-triumphed over the East-understood geographically as Persia or ideologically

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|17 pages

Close Array and Pointed Spears

The Ways of the Greek Phalanx

chapter Chapter Two|15 pages

First Blood on the Plain of Marathon

chapter Chapter Three|2 pages

Greeks, Persians, and the Symbols of War

chapter Chapter Five|21 pages

Footmen, Horsemen, and the Symbols of Military Might

chapter Chapter Six|53 pages

A Phalanx with Joints

The Romans and the Heirs of Alexander

chapter |7 pages

Conclusion