Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Revised Edition

by Victor Davis Hanson

Book Overview

The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a comprehensive modern study of the relationship between agriculture and warfare in the Greek world. In this completely revised edition of Warfare and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520215966
• ISBN13: 9780520215962
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"