Greece, Macedon and Persia contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of warfare, politics and power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by 19 recognized experts from a variety of methodological and evidentiary perspectives, show how ancient peoples considered war and conflict at the heart of social, political and economic activity. Though focusing on a single theme – war – the papers are firmly based in the context of the wider social and literary issues of Ancient Mediterranean scholarship and as such, consider war and conflict as part of a complex matrix of culture in which historical actors articulate their relationships with society and historical authors articulate their relationships with history. The result is a rich understanding of Ancient World history and history-writing. The volume is presented in honor of Waldemar Heckel, a foremost scholar of Alexander the Great and ancient warfare.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Contributors
Abbreviations
Forward
Introduction
1 Darius I and the Problems of (Re)conquest: Resistance, False Identities and the Impact of the Past.
Sabine Müller
2 Clausewitz, the Culminating Point of Attack, and Greco-Persian Wars
E. Edward Garvin
3 Thucydides and the Failure in Sicily
A. B. Bosworth
4 Women and Symposia in Macedonia
Elizabeth Carney
5 Infantry and the Evolution of Argead Macedonia
William Greenwalt
6 Equine Aspects of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian Cavalry
Carolyn Willekes
7. Macedonian armies and the perfection of Combined Arms
Graham Wrightson
8 Military Unrest in the age of Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Defining the terms of Debate
Lee L. Brice
9 Opposition to Macedonian Kings: Riots for Rewards and Verbal Protests
Joseph Roisman
10 Arrian and ‘Roman’ Military Tactics. Alexander’s Campaign against the Autonomous Thracians.
Timothy Howe
11 Counter-Insurgency: The Lesson of Alexander the Great
Edward M. Anson
12 The Comparison between Alexander and Philip. Use and Metamorphosis of an Ideological Theme
Guiseppe Squillaci
13 Alexander’s Unintended Legacy: Borders.
Stanley Burstein
14 Cleomenes of Naucratis, Villain or Victim?
Elizabeth Baynham
15 Cult of the Dead and Vision of the Afterlife in Early Hellenistic Macedonia.
Franca Landucci Gattinoni
16 What did Arsinoe tell Lysimachus about Philetaerus?
Daniel Ogden
17 Polybius on Naval Warfare
Philip DeSouza
18 Rome’s Apparent Disinterest in Macedonia 168-148 BC
John Vanderspoel
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Timothy Howe is Professor of History and Ancient Studies at St. Olaf College (USA). His main research interests are in Alexander the Great, ancient agriculture and Ancient Mediterranean archaeology.
Greece, Macedon and Persia provides papers on a mix of topics of broad interest to historians of the Macedonian kingdoms. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Macedonian prosopography and military history of Alexander's campaigns and to those interested in the use of interdisciplinary theoretical methodologies. (Hamish Cameron CJ-Online, 2016.04.07)
"Waldemar Heckel is, without any trace of doubt, one of the most influential experts in the world about Ancient Macedonia ... a well recommended book [with] a selection of leading scholars in the field of Ancient Macedonian and Hellenistic History." (M. PACHÓN Karanos)
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