Religion Classical Warfare

Author : Christopher Matthew,Matthew Dillon,Michael Schmitz
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473889521

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Religion & Classical Warfare by Christopher Matthew,Matthew Dillon,Michael Schmitz Pdf

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Ares, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Aspects considered in depth will include: Greek writers on religion and war; declarations of war; fate and predestination, the sphagia and pre-battle sacrifices; omens, oracles and portents, trophies and dedications to cult centers; militarized deities; sacred truces and festivals; oaths and vows; religion & Greek military medicine.

Author : Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473889705

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Religion & Classical Warfare by Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew Pdf

This study looks at destroying the gods of Rome's enemies, wartime ceremonies, the role of women in Republican warfare and even the gruesome live burials of people during times of military crisis. Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Roman Republic. Aspects considered in depth will include: declarations of war; evocatio and taking gods away from enemies; dedications and ceremonies; the cult of the legionary eagle; the role of women in Republican warfare; omens and divination; live burials of people in times of military crisis; and the rituals of the Roman triumph.

Author : Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew,Michael Schmitz
Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1473834295

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Religion and Classical Warfare by Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew,Michael Schmitz Pdf

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Ares, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Aspects considered in depth will include: Greek writers on religion and war; declarations of war; fate and predestination, the sphagia and pre-battle sacrifices; omens, oracles and portents, trophies and dedications to cult centers; militarized deities; sacred truces and festivals; oaths and vows; religion & Greek military medicine.

Author : Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473889484

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The Roman Empire by Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew Pdf

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Roman Empire. Aspects considered in depth include: the Imperial cults and legionary loyalty; the army and religious/regional disputes; Trajan and religion; Constantine and Christianity; omens and portents; funerary cults and practices; the cult of Mithras; the Imperial sacramentum; religion & Imperial military medicine.

Author : Krzysztof Ulanowski
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004324763

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The Religious Aspects of War in the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome by Krzysztof Ulanowski Pdf

This book, in minute detail, presents a polyphony of voices, perspectives and opinions, from which emerges a diverse but coherent representation of the complex relationship between religion and war in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome.

Author : Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473834317

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Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Republic by Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew Pdf

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Roman Republic. Aspects considered in depth will include: declarations of war; evocatio and taking gods away from enemies; dedications and ceremonies; the cult of the legionary eagle; the role of women in Republican warfare; omens and divination; live burials of people in times of military crisis; and the rituals of the Roman triumph.

Author : Lucia Cecchet,Christopher Degelmann,Maik Patzelt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527540781

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The Ancient War’s Impact on the Home Front by Lucia Cecchet,Christopher Degelmann,Maik Patzelt Pdf

This volume presents a first comprehensive contribution to the exploration of the concept of the ‘home front’ in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It crosses borders between different areas of classical studies by investigating the various forms of impact that war had on the ancient home front. To this end, the book deploys a variety of methodological approaches that shed light on several aspects of the home front. These draw on advances made in the fields of psychology, literature, history, social sciences and religious studies. The volume discusses the impact of war on the civilian communities in terms of its effects above all on the level of the social and religious sphere.

Author : Jeremy Armstrong,Arthur J. Pomeroy,David Rosenbloom
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350283770

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Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World by Jeremy Armstrong,Arthur J. Pomeroy,David Rosenbloom Pdf

Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World offers twelve papers analysing the processes, consequences and problems involved in the monetization of warfare and its connection to political power in antiquity. The contributions explore not only how powerful men and states used money and coinage to achieve their aims, but how these aims and methods had often already been shaped by the medium of coined money – typically with unintended consequences. These complex relationships between money, warfare and political power – both personal and collective – are explored across different cultures and socio-political systems around the ancient Mediterranean, ranging from Pharaonic Egypt to Late Antique Europe. This volume is also a tribute to the life and impact of Professor Matthew Trundle, an inspiring teacher and scholar, who was devoted to promoting the discipline of Classics in New Zealand and beyond. At the time of his death, he was writing a book on the wider importance of money in the Greek world. A central piece of this research is incorporated into this volume, completed by one of his former students, Christopher De Lisle. Additionally, Trundle had situated himself at the centre of a wide-ranging conversation on the nature of money and power in antiquity. The contributions of scholars of ancient monetization in this volume bring together many of the threads of those conversions, further advancing a field which Matthew Trundle had worked so tirelessly to promote.

Author : Michael S. Neiberg
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : 0415229545

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Warfare in World History by Michael S. Neiberg Pdf

Covering the major periods of military history, Neiberg details the evolution of technology in weaponry as well as the social, political, and cultural forces at the heart of these key conflicts. From the pre-gunpowder era to the wars of liberation fought across the Third World, this ... survey focuses not only on the famous and heroic, but also on the countless millions who have fought for these causes throughout history.

Author : Sonya Nevin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781786720672

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Military Leaders and Sacred Space in Classical Greek Warfare by Sonya Nevin Pdf

The ancient Greeks attributed great importance to the sacred during war and campaigning, as demonstrated from their earliest texts. Among the first four lines of the Iliad, for example, is a declaration that Apollo began the feud between Achilles and Agamemnon and sent a plague upon the Greek army because its leader, Agamemnon, had mistreated Apollo's priest. In this first in-depth study of the attitude of military commanders towards holy ground, Sonya Nevin addresses the customs and conduct of these leaders in relation to sanctuaries, precincts, shrines, temples and sacral objects. Focusing on a variety of Greek kings and captains, the author shows how military leaders were expected to react to the sacred sites of their foes. She further explores how they were likely to respond, and how their responses shaped the way such generals were viewed by their communities, by their troops, by their enemies and also by those like Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon who were writing their lives. This is a groundbreaking study of the significance of the sacred in warfare and the wider culture of antiquity.

Author : Brian Campbell,Lawrence A. Tritle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190499136

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The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World by Brian Campbell,Lawrence A. Tritle Pdf

"Offers six exemplary case studies of Greeks and Romans at war, thoroughly illustrated with detailed battle maps and photographs"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Roel Konijnendijk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004355576

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Classical Greek Tactics by Roel Konijnendijk Pdf

In Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History, Roel Konijnendijk presents a new, revisionist interpretation of battle tactics and tactical thought in Greece in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

Author : Despina Iosif
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611434866

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Early Christian Attitudes to War, Violence and Military Service by Despina Iosif Pdf

The traditional view is that early Christians, prior to emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity, were pacifists who stubbornly refused to enlist in the Roman army and engage in warfare, preferring to die rather than betray their beliefs. However, a plethora of literary and archaeological evidence demonstrates that was not usually the case. The majority of early Christians did not find military service or warfare particularly problematic. Christians integrated with the dominant mores of society and that included military service. It is, in fact, possible that Christianity was particularly attractive to those in military service. This study looks to reposition early Christian ethics and the attitude towards war and to bring new understanding to the relationship between military service and Christianity.

Author : Jörg Rüpke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3515123814

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Peace and War in Rome by Jörg Rüpke Pdf

Author : Montgomery Mcfate
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000225280

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Considering Anthropology and Small Wars by Montgomery Mcfate Pdf

This book includes a variety of chapters that consider the role and importance of anthropology in small wars and insurgencies. Almost every war since the origins of the discipline at the beginning of the 19th century has involved anthropology and anthropologists. The chapters in this book fall into the following myriad categories of military anthropology. Anthropology for the military. In some cases, anthropologists participated directly as uniformed combatants, having the purpose of directly providing expert knowledge with the goal of improving operations and strategy. Anthropology of the military. Anthropologists have also been known to study State militaries. Sometimes this scholarship is undertaken with the objective of providing the military with information about its own internal systems and processes in order to improve its performance. At other times, the objective is to study the military as a human group to identify and describe its culture and social processes. Anthropology of war. As a discipline, anthropology has also had a long history of studying warfare itself. This book considers the anthropology of small wars and insurgencies through an analysis of the Islamic State’s military adaptation in Iraq, Al Shabaab recruiting in Somalia, religion in Israeli combat units, as well as many other topics. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Small Wars & Insurgencies.