Circum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare

Jeremy Armstrong, Ph.D. (2009), University of St Andrews, is now a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. He has published on various aspects of early Roman history, archaeology, and warfare, including War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals (Cambridge, 2016) and the co-edited Rituals of Triumph (Brill, 2013).Contributors are: Jeremy Armstrong, Lee L. Brice, Ralph Covino, James Kierstead, Brett Heagren, Mark Hebblewhite, John W.I. Lee, David Nolan, Louis Rawlings, Nathan Rosenstein, Matthew Trundle, Anthony Spalinger, and Jeroen Wijnendaele.

• ContentsForewordLee L. BriceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 War and Society in the Ancient World: An Introduction Jeremy ArmstrongMilitary Narratives2 Simple Words, Simple Pictures: The Link between the Snapshots of Battle and the War Diary Entries in Ancient Egypt Anthony Spalinger3 Caesar’s Exempla and the Role of Centurions in Battle David NolanThe Economics of Warfare4 Coinage and the Economics of the Athenian Empire Matthew Trundle5 Tributum in the Middle Republic Nathan RosensteinMilitary Cohesion6 The Ties that Bind: Military Cohesion in Archaic Rome Jeremy Armstrong7 Sacramentum Militiae: Empty Words in an Age of Chaos Mark HebblewhiteMilitary Authority8 Circumscribing Imperium: Power and Regulation in the Republican Province Ralph Covino9 The Delian and Second Athenian Leagues: The Perspective of Collective Action James KiersteadIrregular Warfare10 ‘Warlordism’ and the Disintegration of the Western Roman Army Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele11 The Significance of Insignificant Engagements: Irregular Warfare during the Punic Wars Louis RawlingsFortifications and Sieges12 ‘Siege Warfare’ in Ancient Egypt, as Derived from Select Royal and Private Battle Scenes Brett H. Heagren13 Tissaphernes and the Achaemenid Defense of Western Anatolia, 412–395bc John W.I. LeeBibliography Index