Legion versus Phalanx : The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World /: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Myke Cole.
• Authors: Cole, Myke
• Contents: Preface ChronologyMapsPART I: And in this Corner . . . Examining the Legion and the PhalanxChapter I. Who Would Win in a Fight? The Eagle and the LionChapter II. Not your Father's Phalanx: The Legacy of IphicratesChapter III. Mules that Kill: Under the Eagle of RomePART II: Fight! The Legion versus the Phalanx in Six BattlesChapter IV. Heraclea (280 BC): Rome's First TestChapter V. Asculum (279 BC): "One more such victory, and we are undone."Chapter VI. Beneventum (275 BC): Pyrrhus' Last Gasp Chapter VII. Cynoscephalae (197 BC): The Legion TriumphantChapter VIII. Magnesia (190 BC): No Refuge for Hannibal Chapter IX. Pydna (168 BC): The Fall of the Antigonids Chapter X. Legions and PhalanxesGlossary BibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Osprey Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History -- Ancient -- Rome; History -- Ancient -- General; History -- Ancient -- Greece; Military history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472828439; 1472828437
• Related ISBNs: 9781472828422
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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