Religion & Classical Warfare: Archaic and Classical Greece

by Michael Schmitz, Matthew Dillon, Christopher Matthew

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473834295
• ISBN13: 9781473834293
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"