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The Long Walls joining Athens with its harbors are universally recognized as symbols of naval imperialism and the lynchpin of a radical departure from traditional Greek military strategy during the later fifth century B.C. Nevertheless, many important questions about the structures remain disputed or simply neglected. As the first comprehensive history of the Long Walls, the present study dates each construction phase, examines the function of the structures from beginning to end, and chronicles their fluctuating viability. The analysis is driven by the proposition that the Athenians would not have relied on the walls to the sea when their navy did not control the sea lanes effectively. This full consideration of the Long Walls' development and strategic prominence over time will enable accurate assessment of their position in Greek military and political history from classical through early Hellenistic times.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Long Walls (Athens, Greece) --- Long Murs (Athènes, Grèce) --- Athens (Greece) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- History, Military. --- Antiquities --- Histoire militaire --- Antiquités --- City walls --- Fortification --- History, Military --- Athens (Greece) -- History, Military. --- City walls -- Greece -- Athens. --- Fortification -- Greece -- Athens. --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Greece --- Long Murs (Athènes, Grèce) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Antiquités --- Legs (Athens, Greece) --- Skelē (Athens, Greece) --- Walls --- Aḟiny (Greece) --- Atene (Greece) --- Atʻēnkʻ (Greece) --- Ateny (Greece) --- Athen (Greece) --- Athēna (Greece) --- Athēnai (Greece) --- Athènes (Greece) --- Athinai (Greece) --- Athīnā (Greece) --- Αθήνα (Greece) --- City walls - Greece - Athens --- Fortification - Greece - Athens --- Athens (Greece) - History, Military

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"Recent research into the military history of ancient Greece has questioned the central role traditionally ascribed to the famous hoplite phalanx by historians and suggested that even as late as the Persian Wars of 480-479 BC, Greek battles consisted essentially of open fighting and duels between individual combatants, in an almost Homeric fashion. In this meticulous study, Adam Schwartz in turn questions the new orthodoxy. Departing from a detailed scrutiny of hoplite equipment and its physical characteristics, the author demonstrates that this equipment must in fact have been developed specifically to meet the needs of warriors fighting in closed formation, which, it is shown, can be traced back into the eighth century BC. In this way, the study is not only a reappraisal of the role of the phalanx, but also a significant contribution to the study of Archaic Greek history. Great emphasis is, furthermore, placed upon the illumination of such crucial questions as the duration of the average hoplite battle and the role of the othismos - pushing - in deciding the outcome. In short, this book will quickly claim its place as one of the basic studies of ancient Greek hoplite battle"--Book jacket.

Military art and science --- Armor, Ancient --- Armor --- Weapons, Ancient --- Art et science militaires --- Armures anciennes --- Armures --- Armes anciennes --- History --- Histoire --- Greece --- Grèce --- History, Military --- Histoire militaire --- Grèce --- Ancient weapons --- Arms and armor, Ancient --- Ancient warfare --- Ancient armor --- Military art and science - History - To 500 --- Armor, Ancient - Greece --- Weapons, Ancient - Greece --- Greece - History, Military - To 146 B.C

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Military art and science --- History --- Greece --- History, Military --- -Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- -Greece --- -Military art and science --- -History --- Fighting --- Chariots --- Shields --- Military art and science - Greece - History - To 1500 --- Greece - History, Military - To 146 B.C --- Chars --- Grece antique --- Histoire militaire

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Greece --- Greek mercenaries --- Grèce --- History --- History, Military --- Social conditions --- Histoire --- Histoire militaire --- Conditions sociales --- 355 <09> <38> --- Mercenary troops --- Militaire geschiedenis--Oud-Griekenland --- -Social conditions --- -History, Military --- -Greek mercenaries. --- -355 <09> <38> --- 355 <09> <38> Militaire geschiedenis--Oud-Griekenland --- Greek mercenaries. --- -Greece --- Grèce --- Greece - History - To 146 B.C --- Greece - History, Military - To 146 B.C --- Greece - Social conditions - To 146 B.C --- Mercenaires grecs --- Grece antique

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Complete with notes, index and bibliography, Warfare in Ancient Greece will provide students of Ancient and Military History with an unprecedented survey of relevant materials.

Military art and science --- Military history, Ancient --- Armée --- --Antiquité --- --Grèce --- --History --- Greece --- History, Military --- Antieke krijgsgeschiedenis --- Histoire militaire de l'Antiquité --- Krijgsgeschiedenis [Antieke ] --- Krijgsgeschiedenis van de oudheid --- Military history [Ancient ] --- -Ancient military history --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- History --- -Greece --- -Military art and science --- Ancient military history --- History [Military ] --- Military art and science - Greece - History. --- Military history, Ancient. --- Military art and science - Greece - History - To 1500 --- Antiquité --- Grèce --- Greece - History, Military - To 146 B.C.