The Role of Greek Cavalry on the Battlefield: A Study of Greek Cavalry from the Peloponnesian Wars to the Second Battle of Mantinea
Students of Greek military history tend to assume that cavalry played a marginal role on the battlefields of ancient Greece until the era of Philip and Alexander. Until recently historians have also assumed that the hoplite phalanx rendered cavalry obsolete on the Greek battlefield.
A Formidable War Machine: Construction and Operation of Archimedes' Iron Hand
Twenty-three centuries ago in the Sicilian city of Syracuse, the Greek mathematician Archimedes was called upon by his king to design war machines that could fend off enemies set to invade this Greek city-state.
Golden Verses: Voice and Authority in the Tablets
Golden Verses: Voice and Authority in the Tablets Richard P.Martin (Stanford) Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics: April (2007) Abstract This paper attempts to…