WARS AND BATTLES OF ANCIENT GREECE

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The book has context as its focus: each of the battles covered is, where sources permit, placed in its historical, political, and social context: why was the battle fought, how was it fought, what was the outcome, and what happened next? No war or battle has ever been fought in isolation - there is always a prelude, a casus belli, and a series of consequences. These are revealed wherever possible for each of the wars and battles in this book.

In order to reinforce our focus on context the book includes chapters covering warfare in civilizations and cultures before Greece, the Greek war machine, and Greek women and conflict.