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Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium by Richard Evans (2023, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-101474459951

ISBN-139781474459952

eBay Product ID (ePID)20060889930

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Number of Pages376 Pages

Publication NameGeneralship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMilitary / Ancient, Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece

Publication Year2023

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard Evans

Subject AreaHistory

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsThis stimulating and innovative collection of essays takes a traditional subject in ancient military history and reinvigorates it by shifting discussion away from a focus on 'great commanders' to analysis of ancient ideals and principles of military leadership, while also contextualising this discussion within a broader chronological and geographical framework., [ Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium ] makes an important contribution towards rewriting the history of the development of archaic warfare: an exploration of the literary construct of the glorious defeat at Thermopylae, which turned a terrible defeat into an act of heroism; an examination of the absence of distinction between military and diplomatic skills among the early Seleucid court elite; and a fascinating exploration of how Middle Republican generals acquired the skills and knowledge to conduct their campaigns, despite their limited terms of office.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal355.33041

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements List of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium - Richard Evans and Shaun Tougher1. Kings, Tyrants and Bandy-Legged Men: Generalship in Archaic Greece - Cezary Kucewicz2. Commemorating Thermopylae: The andreia of Glorious Defeat as a Literary Construct - Richard Evans3. Plato on Military and Political Leadership - Nicholas Rockwell4. Reconstructing Early Seleucid Generalship, 301-222 BC - Alex McAuley5. Generalship and Knowledge in the Middle Roman Republic - Michael Taylor6. Command Assessment in the Bellum Gallicum: Fortuna and Caesar - David Nolan7. Remembering P. Quinctilius Varus: Opposing Perspectives on the Memory and Memorialization of the Failed General in the Annales of Tacitus - Daniel Crosby8. Decius and the Battle near Abritus - David Potter9. Ammianus and the Heroic Mode of Generalship in the Fourth Century AD - Conor Whately10. The Fine Line between Courage and Fear in the Vandal War - Michael Stewart11. The Generalship of John Troglita - Art in Artifice - Martine de Marre12. The Best of Men: Cross-Cultural Command in the 630s AD - Eve MacDonald13. Tian Yue Marshals His Tropes: Public Persuasion and the Character of Military Leadership in Late Tang China - David A. Graff14. The Ideal of the Roman General in Byzantium: The Reception of Onasander's Strategikos in Byzantine Military Literature - Philip Rance15. Generalship and Gender in Byzantium: Non-Campaigning Emperors and Eunuch Generals in the Age of the Macedonian Dynasty - Shaun Tougher16. The Politics of War: Virtue, Tyche, Persuasion, and the Byzantine General - Dimitris KrallisEpilogueBibliographyIndex

SynopsisThis volume is unique in addressing a key aspect of ancient warfare across a broad chronological and cultural span, focusing on generalship from Archaic Greece to the Byzantine Empire in the twelfth century AD. Across this broad span, it explores a range of ideas on how to be a successful general, showing how the art of generalship - a profession that has been occupied variously by the political elite, the mercenary soldier and the eunuch - evolved and adapted to shifting notions of how a good military leader should act. Highlighting developments and continuities in this age-old profession across the Graeco-Roman world, this volume brings together the latest research on generalship from both established and new voices. The chapters examine both ideals of generalship and specific examples of generals, considering the principles underpinning the roles they played and the qualities desired in them. They discuss in particular the intersection between military and political roles, the addresses delivered by generals to their troops, the virtue of courage and the commemoration of victory as well as defeat. In addition, contributors consider cross-cultural comparisons of generalship, with specific chapters devoted to Persian, Arab and Chinese views.

LC Classification NumberUB210