Greek warfare: myths and realities
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations and Sources ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Conventions and Abbreviations xiv
Introduction 1
PART I. WAR AND PEACE 3
1. Kinsmen, Friends and Allies: the society of states 6
Greeks against the world 6
‘The same blood and common shrines9 8
Friendship and reciprocity 10
Military aid and alliances 12
Keeping the peace 16
2. Justice, Honour and Profit: causes and goals of wars 19
Crusades: piety, justice and freedom 20
Honour: rivalry and revenge 22
Spoils of war 26
Border land and other territories 28
Tribute: archaic and classical imperialism 30
3. Pleonexia: structural causes of war 34
A culture of leisure and greed 35
The warrior ideal 37
An army of wanderers: mercenaries, exiles, adventurers 40
PART II. CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS 45
4. Men of Bronze: the myth of the middle-class militia 47
The development of hoplite arms and armour 47
Dress to impress: display and protection 52
Leisure-class and working-class hoplites 55
Hoplite elites: mounted infantry and crack battalions5 57
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5. The Other Warriors: light infantry, cavalry, body-servants and
mercenaries 61
The role and status of light infantry 62
The role and status of cavalry 65
Shield-bearers and other servants 68
Epikouroi: mercenaries and other outsiders 71
6. Politics and the Battlefield: ideology in Greek warfare 77
Aristotle and the citizen-soldier 78
War and politics in Greek history 79
The citizens and soldiers of Sparta 83
PART III. AMATEUR ARMIES 87
7. Bodies of Men: training and organisation of the militia 89
Gymnasium and battlefield 89
Becoming a soldier 93
War bands and the early state 95
The armies of classical Sparta and Athens 97
8. The Bare Necessities: mobilisation and maintenance of armies 102
Calling out the troops 102
‘Unless someone carries a spare ; Greek logistics 104
Keeping order: discipline among citizens 108
PART IV. AGONAL AND TOTAL WARFARE 115
9. Rituals, Rules and Strategies: the structure of campaigns 118
The constraints of religion 119
Devastation of town and country 121
Defence of town and country 126
10. Ambush, Battle and Siege: changing forms of combat 131
‘Thefts of war ; the element of surprise 132
Champion and restricted combat 133
Protocols of battle 134
Cities under fire 136
Aftermath: war heroes, prisoners and refugees 145
PART V. TH E EXPERIENCE OF COMBAT 151
11. The Deeds of Heroes: battle in the Iliad 153
The shape of battle 154
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Chariots in combat 158
Battlefield etiquette: the myth of the heroic code 160
Fields of glory? The psychology of combat 162
12. The Archaic Phalanx: infantry combat down to the Persian
Wars 166
Dark Age combat and the first hoplites, c. 720-640 BC 166
Tyrtaeus7 phalanx, c. 640-600 BC: close combat, missiles and
mobility 172
Images of combat in the sixth century 174
Herodotus phalanx: the Persian Wars 177
13. The Classical Phalanx: infantry combat transformed 184
Rank and file: the classical formation 185
Fighting and pushing: the mechanics of combat 188
Andreia: the mentality of the classical hoplite 192
The transformation of the phalanx 195
PART VI. RULING THE WAVES 199
14. The Wall of Wood: ships, men and money 202
Sea-raiders and navies in early Greece 203
The rise of the trireme 206
The navy in classical Athens 209
15. War at Sea: classical naval campaigns 215
In the navy: mobilisation, logistics and discipline 215
From sacrifice to salvage: agonal and total warfare at sea 221
Ramming and rowing: the experience of naval combat 226
Conclusion. The Development of Greek warfare: war and the state 232
Their master is the Law7: the power of the state 233
Greece grew up with poverty7: the resources of the state 235
Appendices
1. Athenian manpower in 480 and 431 BC 241
2. Changes in Spartan military organisation from 480 to 371 BC 243
3. The historicity and date of Homeric warfare 249
Notes 253
Bibliography 317
Select Index of Passages 333
General Index 339
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