Brian Campbell - The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF

Edited by

BRIAN CAMPBELL

and

LAWRENCE A. TRITLE

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The Oxford handbook of warfare in the classical world/edited by
Brian Campbell and Lawrence A. Tritle.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9780195304657 (alk. paper) 1. Military art and scienceHistoryTo 500. 2. Military history, Ancient.
3. RomeHistory, Military. 4. GreeceHistory, MilitaryTo 146 B.C.
5. Military art and scienceRomeHistory. 6. Military art and scienceGreecHistory
To 500. I. Campbell, J. B. II. Tritle, Lawrence A., 1946

U29.O93 2013
355.020937 dc23
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LOUIS RAWLINGS

RANDALL S. HOWARTH

P. C. MILLETT

MICHAEL LOVANO

SIMON JAMES

J. DONALD HUGHES

JOHN W. I. LEE

WALDEMAR HECKEL

JOHN SERRATI

NICHOLAS V. SEKUNDA

MICHAEL SAGE

PHYLLIS CULHAM

COLIN ADAMS

LAWRENCE A. TRITLE

CHRISTINE F. SALAZAR

STEFAN G. CHRISSANTHOS

MATTHEW TRUNDLE

DONALD ENGELS

PHILIP DE SOUZA

EERO JARVA

DUNCAN B. CAMPBELL

ANGELOS CHANIOTIS

ROSEMARY MOORE

FRANK RUSSELL

ANN HYLAND

DANIEL P. TOMPKINS

JOHN RICH

BRUCE LAFORSE

PETER S. WELLS

SCOTT MCDONOUGH

LEE L. BRICE

MICHAEL SEAMAN

JOHN BUCKLER

THOMAS R. MARTIN

DEXTER HOYOS

A. D. LEE

THOMAS PALAIMA AND LAWRENCE A. TRITLE

MANY deserve thanks for making this volume possible. Chief among these are the contributors whose chapters have created a fresh new appraisal of the nature of warfare in the classical world. The editors thank Stefan Vranka, senior editor of Oxford University Press, for his support in producing this volume and the editorial assistance of Sarah Pirovitz who provided valuable aid in obtaining images and permissions. The editors, together with Oxford University Press, also acknowledge the contribution made toward the volumes publication by Loyola Marymount University, especially J. H. Grever, past Chair of the History Department.

Adopting the custom of other Oxford Handbooks, contributor acknowledgments are collected here. These include Phyllis Culham who thanks her Naval Academy seminar in Roman Counterinsurgency in fall 2006, and, additionally, 2nd Lt. Austin Murnane, USMC, for his contributions. The twin consciences of this project were 2nd Lt. Ali T. Kianpour, USMC, who questioned the Western tradition in warfare with patience, good humor, and great intelligence and Lt. Kylan Jones-Huffman (USNR, KIA, al-Hillah, 2003), whose short career in history was dedicated to scrapping the conventions of military history and who would have insisted that her contribution, at the least, not glamorize or romanticize the experiences of suffering or perpetrating violence.

Randall Howarth expresses his gratitude to Mercyhurst College for providing the editorial assistance of Chelsea Boothe who supplied essential help with his chapter.

Waldemar Heckel thanks Joseph Roisman for a preview of his forthcoming paper on the historian Hieronymus and the Argyraspids, and for commenting on his contribution to this volume.

Recent research conducted by Christine Salazar into early Byzantine medicine has been funded by a grant from the Jubilumsfonds, Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

Frank Russell is indebted to Kyle Harpers presentation at the Ashmolean Museum (2004) discussing an inscription recording the career of the Roman official and spy (?) Valerius Paternus.

Ann Hyland extends her thanks to the late F. W. Walbank for his assistance in sorting out the complexities of cavalry drills and maneuvers and related equine details.

Thomas Martin expresses his gratitude to Patrick Wheatley for his advice and suggestions concerning his essay on Demetrius Poliorcetes, though adds that it goes without saying that he is not responsible for any shortcomings or errors.

Thomas Palaima wishes to thank his student, Stacey Peebles, for discussing his epilogue and allowing him to read in advance chapters from her 2011 book, Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the American Soldiers Experience in Iraq.

The editors sadly note that contributor John Buckler, a specialist in the study of the Greek fourth century B.C. and its wars, died June 2, 2011 before this volume was ready for press. This is especially regrettable as John was not only timely with his chapter, but especially anticipated the volumes publication. His chapter on the Theban general Epaminondas and his spectacular victory at Leuctra, marked by close study of the topographywork of which John was proud professionally and personallyshould long remain authoritative.

Colin Adams, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, University of Liverpool

Lee L. Brice, Associate Professor of History, Western Illinois University

John Buckler, independent scholar, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Brian Campbell, Professor of Roman History, Queens University Belfast

Duncan B. Campbell, Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Glasgow

Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Ancient History and Classics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Stefan G. Chrissanthos, Lecturer in History, University of California, Riverside

Phyllis Culham, Professor of History, United States Naval Academy

Donald Engels, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Arkansas

Waldemar Heckel, Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Calgary