The Ancient Greeks at War

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Greece didn't participate at the battles and didn't declare war on Turkey, only some Greek units participated (mostly ELDYK). Kagan, Donald (1981). The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian expedition. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Syllabus Assessment Assessment Summative Pritchett, W.K. (1974-1991). The Greek State at War, 5 vols.. Berkeley: University of California Press. In the battles was not a Greek State, but a large army of Greek mercenaries that helped the Cyrus the Younger.

Important rituals had to be performed following victory which included the recovering of the dead and the setting up of a victory trophy (from tropaion, meaning turning point in the conflict) at the exact place on the battlefield where victory became assured. The trophy could be in the form of captured weapons and armour or an image of Zeus; on occasion memorials to the fallen were also set up. Speeches, festivals, sacrifices and even games could also be held following a victory in the field. ConclusionEngels, Donald, Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1978.

Miller, Margaret C. (1997). Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cosmopoulos, M.B. ed. (2007). Experiencing War: Trauma and Society from Ancient Greece to the Iraq War. Chicago, Ill: Ares.Operations started in the 20th century but continuing into the 21st century are listed in both centuries. Medieval Greece [ edit ] Byzantine Period, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire ( Empire of Trebizond, Despotate of Epirus, Despotate of the Morea, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Thessalonica, Principality of Theodoro) and Frankokratia [ edit ]

Lazenby, John F., "The Killing Zone," in Victor D. Hanson, (ed.), Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience, London: Routledge, 1993. a b Hanson, Victor (1989). The Western Way of War. University of California Press. p.169. ISBN 978-0-520-26009-2.

Overview of wars in Ancient Greece Ancient Greek marble relief (c. 330 BC) depicting a soldier in combat, holding his weapon in his hand as he prepares to strike a fallen enemy; the relief may have been part of an official Athenian state memorial; from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection, Copenhagen, Denmark The ancient Greeks experienced war in many forms. By land and by sea, they conducted raids, ambushes, battles and sieges; they embarked on campaigns of intimidation, conquest and annihilation; they fought against fellow Greeks and non-Greeks. To some extent the next chapter, 'Battlefield engagements in the age of the hoplite', continues this line of reasoning. Rawlings argues that the relative simplicity of most Greek battles was due to 'the practicalities of organizing and motivating large groups of men to realize their capacity for destruction', rather than to any commitment to fair fights (p. 101; see also pp. 82, 90). He also covers topics such as the role of peltasts (javelin throwers) and cavalry in battle, co-ordination between units from different cities, the pursuit of defeated enemies - which was quite limited - and the aftermath of battle.