Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient WorldTaking a new and innovative approach to the battles of antiquity, Phil Sabin draws together ancient evidence and modern scholarship to create a whole new means of examining the great clashes of the ancient world. Having developed a model to capture the movement and combat of the opposing armies we are able to actually interrogate the lessons of history. The book develops detailed 'scenarios' for individual battles such as Marathon and Cannae, to cast light on which particular interpretations of the ancient conflict are realistic. Readers can use the model to experiment for themselves by refighting engagments of their choice, tweaking the scenarios to accord with their own judgements of the evidence, trying out different tactics from those used historically, and seeing how the battle then palys out. The book thus offers a unique dynamic insight into ancient warfare, combining academic rigour with the interest and accessibility of simulation gaming. |
Contents
Movement | 3 |
Command | 36 |
All the artwork was created by the author | 75 |
Copyright | |
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Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World Philip Sabin Limited preview - 2015 |
Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World Philip Sabin Limited preview - 2015 |
Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World Philip Sabin No preview available - 2009 |
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AHC AHC AHI AHI AHI AHO AHO AHO Alexander Alexander's allies ancient Antigonus APH APH APH archers army Arrian Arrian Anab Asiatic Athenians attack limit average battle line battlefield BC Figure Boeotian Bosworth Caesar camp Cannae Carthaginians cataphracts cavalry centre chariots claims combat command Connolly deployed deployment Devine Diodorus elephants enemy engagement Eumenes Eumenes's facing fighting value flank foot force frontage gives Goldsworthy 2000a Greek guard Hammond heavy infantry hoplites horse horsemen Hypaspists Key Zone Kromayer and Veith Lazenby lead unit legionaries legions levy light infantry Livy Macedonian mercenaries morale move numbers Numidian overall Paraitacene peltasts Persian phalangites phalanx player turn Plutarch Polyaenus Polybius Polybius's Punic rear zone river Roman Samnites sarissa says scenario scholars Scullard scythed chariots simulation skirmishers Spartan Spartan army suggests tactical terrain Thebans Thucydides troops undeployed veteran victory Walbank wing Xenophon Xenophon Hell