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Soldiers and ghosts : a history of battle in classical antiquity /

Sparta, Macedon, and Rome - how did these nations come to dominate the ancient world? What set their armies apart? Noting this was an age that witnessed few technological advances, J.E. Lendon shows us that the most successful armies were those that made the most effective use of cultural tradition....

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Main Author: Lendon, J. E.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ℗♭2005.
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