Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and indexes.
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The ideology of hoplite battle, ancient and modern / Victor Davis Hanson -- The men and their equipment. Hoplite weapons and offensive arms / J.K. Anderson -- The identification and retrieval of the hoplite battle-dead / Pamela Vaughn -- Hoplite technology in phalanx battle / Victor Davis Hanson -- The environment of battle. The killing zone / John Lazenby -- The salpinx in Greek warfare / Peter Krentz -- The general as hoplite / Everett L. Wheeler -- The rules of the game : hoplite tradition and practice. Hoplites and obstacles / Josiah Ober -- Sacrifice before battle / Michael H. Jameson -- Hoplites and the gods : the dedication of captured arms and armour / A.H. Jackson -- The future of Greek military history / Victor Davis Hanson.
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OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Hoplites.
International Standard Book Number
0415098165
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Battles-- Greece-- History.
Infantry-- History.
Military art and science-- Greece-- History-- To 500.