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Greek soldiers / Alex Stewart.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Greatest warriors (Arcturus Publishing)Publisher: [London, England] : Arcturus, 2014Distributor: Mankato, Minnesota : Distributed by Black Rabbit Books Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1782123997 (library binding)
  • 9781782123996 (library binding)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Greece at war -- Warrior kings -- All-powerful hoplites -- Hoplite training -- Battle armour -- Weapons of war -- The mighty phalanx -- Warships -- Citadels and sieges -- Wars with Persia -- Persian defeat -- Alexander the Great -- Greece vs. Rome -- Glossary.
Summary: "Provides readers with exciting details, facts, and statistics about historical Greek soldiers"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 355.0093 S849 Available 33111007506054
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What made Greek soldiers the supreme warriors of their day? What weapons and tactics made them all-powerful on the battlefield? Who were the toughest soldiers in Greece? Greek Soldiers introduces you to some of the most impressive fighters in history. Packed with figures and statistics, this book reveals the facts about armor, weapons, and fighting styles, and brings history alive with dramatic, photographic recreations. Book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Greece at war -- Warrior kings -- All-powerful hoplites -- Hoplite training -- Battle armour -- Weapons of war -- The mighty phalanx -- Warships -- Citadels and sieges -- Wars with Persia -- Persian defeat -- Alexander the Great -- Greece vs. Rome -- Glossary.

"Provides readers with exciting details, facts, and statistics about historical Greek soldiers"--Provided by publisher.

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