Description
| Product ID: | 9781472815590 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Warrior |
| Title: | Early Iron Age Greek Warrior 1100–700 BC |
| Authors: | Author: Andrea Salimbeti, Giuseppe Rava, Raffaele D’Amato |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, Ancient history, Military history, Land forces and warfare, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Military history, Land forces & warfare, Ancient Greece |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The period from 1200 BC onwards saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands as monarchies disappeared and were replaced by aristocratic rule and a new form of community developed: the city-state. Alongside these changes a new style of warfare developed which was to be the determining factor in land warfare in Greece until the defeat of the Greek city-state by the might of Macedonia at Chaeronea in 338 BC. This mode of warfare was based on a group of heavily armed infantrymen organized in a phalanx formation – the classic hoplite formation – and remained the system throughout the classical Greek period. This new title details this pivotal period that saw the transition from the Bronze Age warriors of Homer to the origins of the men who fought the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. The period from the 12th century onward saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands, as monarchies disappeared to be replaced by aristocratic rule and finally by the development of a new form of community: the city-state. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-25 |
