Название: Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World
Автор: Philip Sabin
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 1847251870
Год: 2008
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 10,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
Ancient battles seize the modern imagination. Far from being forgotten, they have become a significant aspect of popular culture, prompting a continuing stream of books, feature films, television programs and board and computer games... there is a certain escapist satisfaction in looking back to an era when conflicts between entire states turned on clear-cut pitched battles between formed armies, lasting just a few hours and spanning just a few miles of ground.
These battles were still unspeakably traumatic and grisly affairs for those involved — at Cannae, Hannibal's men butchered around two and a half times as many Romans (out of a much smaller overall population) as there were British soldiers killed on the notorious first day of the Somme.