Battles of the Ancient Greeks: towards the history of Ancient Greek Warfare 2900-HAMC-EL-K1-BAG

The present course presented history of Ancient Greek Warfare as illustrated through major battles fought by Greek and Hellenistic stated over the centuries. Some of the battles to be discussed in the classroom have been selected because they are undoubtedly turning moments of Greek history (also political and intellectual). Others are included in the course owing to their value as the illustration of military developments and reforms that changed much more than just the battlefield. The chronological range spreads from the Archaic Period to the Late Hellenistic Age.
The students will be introduced to sources and modern literature step by step, using individual cases as illustrations of ancient warfare research complexity. The readings for each module will consist of a selection of source materials on a given battle (not necessarily literary accounts only) and modern works.