New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare

Ten leading scholars of ancient warfare offer new insights on several aspects of military activity from the Later Bronze Age to the Roman Empire. They make significant contributions to understanding warfare on land and sea, to the social and economic aspects of war, and to battlefield experience. The studies illustrate the ways in which technology, innovation, cultural exchange and tactical developments transformed ancient warfare. Papers survey the armies of Assyria and Persia, the important role of navies and money in transforming Greek warfare, and how Romans learned to fight as soldiers and generals. New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare will inspire debate for years to come about the military systems of the ancient world.
Contributors are Garrett Fagan, Matthew Trundle, Fernando Rey, Robin Archer, Chris Tuplin, Hans Van Wees, Louis Rawlings, Peter Krentz, Nathan Rosenstein and David Potter

Garrett G. Fagan, PhD (1993) in Roman Studies, McMaster University is Associate Professor of CAMS and History at Penn State University. He has published Bathing in Public in the Roman World (1999). His next book, The Lure of the Arena, will appear in 2010.

Matthew Trundle, PhD (1997), in Ancient History, McMaster University, is Senior Lecturer in Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published extensively on Greek warfare’s relationship to Greek society including Greek Mercenaries (Routledge, 2004).