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Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:14 am
by ShahMat
I have to say that my library is rather empty about Ancient Warfare, at the moment I only own the following books:
Roman Warfare by Adrian Goldsworthy
The Peloponnesian War 431–404 BC by Philip de Souza
Byzantium at War by John Haldon
Do you have other suggestions? I am interested in all topics but not fiction.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:18 am
by stockwellpete
Warfare in the Ancient World by Brian Todd Carey et al. They also did a book on Medieval Warfare.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:07 pm
by ShahMat
stockwellpete wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:18 am
Warfare in the Ancient World by Brian Todd Carey et al. They also did a book on Medieval Warfare.
Thanks, added to basket
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:53 pm
by Gaznak
Routledge has a nice compiled source book called Greek and Roman Military Writers, put together by Brian Cambell.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:09 pm
by pinwolf
look at this older thread with some more suggestions:
viewtopic.php?f=477&t=85174
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:12 pm
by SnuggleBunnies
Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities by Hans van Wees. I don't necessarily agree with every conclusion he comes to, but it's a refreshing look at the topic.
And of course you can't go wrong with Thucydides.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:33 pm
by pinwolf
Legion versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World by Myke Cole
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:50 pm
by GeneralKostas
Fighting techniques of the ancient world 3000 BC - AD 500 by Simon Anglim, Phyllis G. Jestice, Rob S. Rice, Scott M. Rusch, John Serrati
Amber Books Ltd, London 2002
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:49 pm
by ShahMat
Thanks to all!
Lot of suggestions, some books are hard to find (in Italy) or too expensive (I prefer the old paper), at the moment my basket includes:
The Art of War in the Western World di Archer Jones
Legion Versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World di Myke Cole
Warfare in the Ancient World di Brian Todd Carey
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:12 pm
by MVP7
Good picks. Personally I'd read Brian Todd Carey's Warfare in the Ancient World first as it will provide a good overview and basis for more specific books like the Legion Versus Phalanx.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:24 am
by melm
I recommend to read Roman military manuals by Vegetius, Maurice, Nikephoros Phokas II and Leo VI. Plus the works by ancient historians or chroniclers.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:09 pm
by ShahMat
Thank you guys for your suggestions.
Btw, what about the Osprey series books? Usually they are good but I don't have any for this age.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:06 pm
by General Shapur
pinwolf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:33 pm
Legion versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World by Myke Cole
second that - the principles here work in the game too. Fun read as well
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:00 am
by pinwolf
ShahMat wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:09 pm
...what about the Osprey series books?
Nothing wrong about them. But they are always specialized on a single narrow topic.
You would have to invest some nice sum, just to have all about some broad subject like Rome, Greek, Carthage etc.
I suggest to buy the DVD with
Slingshot back issues from 1965-2015 instead:
->
http://www.soa.org.uk/joomla/slingshot-back-issues
This will give you stuff to read for years.
---
Index of Slingshot topics 1965-2010:
->
http://soa.org.uk/downloads/files/Sling ... 2010-1.pdf
Some sample articles as free download pdf:
->
http://www.soa.org.uk/joomla/downloads
If you join the
Society of Ancients you get 6x latest issue of
Slingshot for £27. Then you have to renew your memebership for the next six. And so on.
->
http://www.soa.org.uk/joomla/store
The SoA forum is also a nice place for just 'reading around':
http://soa.org.uk/sm/
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:13 am
by ShahMat
Wow, lot of stuff!
Thanks
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:34 pm
by Jagger2002
Osprey does have a sale going on through end of May. 45% off ebooks, 30% off print books and 20% off games on it appears almost everything. They do have some pretty interesting books on both medieval and ancients and the sale makes them a bit more affordable.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:46 pm
by ShahMat
Given that I prefer the books, 30% off is a good deal!
Legion Versus Phalanx was already on my list, thinking about the Campaign and Combat series.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:29 pm
by Athos1660
Free temporary access to all the Issues of the Archaeology Magazine from 1948 to 2020.
In the May/june 2020 issue : "Weapons of the Ancient World".
https://www.nxtbook.com/projects/archaeology/index.php
https://www.archaeology.org
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:33 pm
by pinwolf
Nice find.
Re: Need some book advices
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:47 am
by UrbanKelly
Thank you so much for the advices, important for me!