Greece and Rome at War
by Peter Connolly
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In this sumptuous guide to twelve centuries of military development, Peter Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome with his superb full-color artwork. Making use of fresh archeological evidence and new material on the manufacture and use of the weapons of the period, the author presents an attractive and impressive volume that is both scholarly and beautifully presented with illustrations that are, quite rightly, recognized as being the best and most show more accurate representation of how the soldiers from these formidable military empires appeared. Greece and Rom. show lessTags
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This was Connolly's next book after his "Ancient Armies" series. He reused quite a few of the illustrations, but I would say the text of this book is more scholarly than that of the previous series and there is a larger proportion of text to illustration. The books of the "Ancient Armies" series could be classified as YA, but this book is for adults.
A lavishly illustrated source on ancient warfare.
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- Original publication date
- 1981
- First words
- Soon after 1200 BC the great Bronze-Age civilisation which had flourished in Greece for several centuries went into a rapid decline and finally collapsed.
Foreword: Peter Connolly has published three books on classical armies and armour which have made a lively contribution to a currently popular subject and have greatly helped in the wider diffusion of interest in it. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)This is clearly not the pilum of the earlier empire.
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 355.00938 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science The Military - Land, Air & Sea / Warfare Biography And History Ancient World
- LCC
- U33 .C647 — Military Science Military science (General) History of military science
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- English, Russian, Spanish
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