Great Battles of the Ancient World
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S1 E1 - Why Study Battles? What Is War?
20 novembre 202432minProfessor Garrett G. Fagan addresses the importance of studying battles and surveys the changing scholarly approach to the subject since the 19th century. He concludes by looking at different definitions of warfare, particularly the "operational" and "social-constructivist" models.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E2 - The Problem of Warfare’s Origins
20 novembre 202431minThree types of evidence shed light on origins of warfare: human remains bearing evidence of trauma, artifacts that function primarily as weapons, and monuments such as fortifications or depictions of warriors painted on cave walls. Their interpretations are far from straightforward.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E3 - Sumer, Akkad, and Early Mesopotamian Warfare
20 novembre 202431minYou enter the historical era when written records first become available. Such evidence allows us to reconstruct the conventions and conditions of warfare among the first cities in Sumer in c. 3000 BC and to explore the nature of Sumerian armies, weapons, and battle tactics.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E4 - Egyptian Warfare from the Old to New Kingdoms
20 novembre 202431minEvidence of warfare in Old Kingdom Egypt is ambiguous, but it is much more plentiful in later periods, when the pharaoh's role was increasingly that of a war leader. Egyptian warfare was transformed by the introduction of the chariot.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E5 - The Battles of Megiddo and Kadesh
20 novembre 202430minWith New Kingdom Egypt, you get the first fully recorded battle in history: the Battle of Megiddo. You also cover the later Battle of Kadesh, which is attested in both Egyptian and Hittite accounts.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E6 - The Trojan War and Homeric Warfare
20 novembre 202431minThe reality of the Trojan War has been debated since ancient times. In this episode, survey the archaeological evidence for Troy and for warfare among the mainland Greeks, called Mycenaeans.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E7 - The Assyrian War Machine
20 novembre 202431minThe Assyrian military model of multiethnic, highly mobile armies relying on missile weaponry and chariots was to characterize major Near Eastern powers for centuries. You study the nature of the Assyrian army, the unique features of the empire it created, and the place of warfare in Assyrian imperial ideology.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E8 - The Sieges of Lachish and Jerusalem
20 novembre 202431minExamine the art of ancient siege warfare by considering the two great sieges at Lachish and Jerusalem during the third campaign of Sennacherib (701 BC). The sources for these events include Assyrian written and iconographic records, accounts in the Bible, and archaeology.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E9 - A Peculiar Institution? Hoplite Warfare
20 novembre 202432minThe Greek hoplite was a heavily armed and armored infantryman who fought in a formation called the phalanx, dominating battlefields of the ancient world for almost four centuries (c. 700 to 338 BCE).Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E10 - The Battle of Marathon
20 novembre 202430minThe Battle of Marathon saw the forces of the Persian superpower defeated in the first major confrontation between Greeks and Persians on the Hellenic mainland. The battle itself was strategically indecisive and set the stage for the serious clash of Greek and Persian armies a decade later.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E11 - The Battle of Thermopylae
20 novembre 202431minIn the second Persian invasion of Greece, 300 Spartans with allied troops were charged with stopping an enormous Persian force at the narrow pass of Thermopylae, while Greek armies mustered in the rear. Astonishingly, the fight lasted three days before the defenders were betrayed and then massacred.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E12 - Naval Warfare and the Battle of Salamis
20 novembre 202431minYou survey the naval developments that led to the trireme in the late 6th century BCE and then focus on the Battle of Salamis, which saw the Persian fleet defeated by Athens. The lecture ends with the Battle of Plataea (479 BCE).Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E13 - The Athenian Expedition to Sicily
20 novembre 202431minThe Athenian assault on the heavily fortified city of Syracuse in Sicily represents one of the greatest military follies in history. The ensuing disaster was a turning point in the wider Peloponnesian War with Sparta (431 to 404 BCE).Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E14 - The March of the Ten Thousand
20 novembre 202431minYou follow the exploits of the "Ten Thousand," a contingent of Greek mercenaries caught deep in hostile Persian territory around 400 BCE Their fighting retreat, conducted over 1,500 miles, demonstrated the superiority of Greek hoplites and later inspired Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E15 - Macedonian Military Innovations
20 novembre 202431minWarfare among Greek city-states in the 4th century BCE led to a new style of hoplite combat using a refined version of phalanx. Adopted by King Philip II of Macedon, these tactics helped create a fearsome military machine that was to dominate the eastern Mediterranean and Asia for more than two centuries.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E16 - Alexander’s Conquest of Persia
20 novembre 202431minUsing the Macedonian phalanx, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire in 334 BCE, winning major battles against overwhelming odds at Granicus (334 BCE), Issus (333 BCE), and Gaugamela (331 BCE), making him ruler over all of Persia.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E17 - The Legions of Rome
20 novembre 202431minAbandoning the Greek-style phalanx, the Romans created an army that would conquer the known world within two centuries. The essential elements of Roman legionary equipment and tactical formations are examined.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E18 - The Battles of Cannae and Zama
20 novembre 202431minAn examination of Roman battles begins with the worst defeat in Roman history, the disaster at Cannae, inflicted by Carthaginian military genius Hannibal. The routed Romans waited 14 years for their revenge against Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BCE.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E19 - Legion versus Phalanx—Six Pitched Battles
20 novembre 202432minThe two greatest tactical systems of the ancient Mediterranean were the Macedonian phalanx and the Roman legion. They met in battle at several engagements, allowing us to weigh their relative advantages. You consider the results of six battles.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E20 - The Sieges of Alesia and Masada
20 novembre 202431minYou look at developments in siege warfare during the Hellenistic and Roman eras, examining in detail two great Roman sieges: Alesia (52 BCE) and Masada (72-73 CE). Both required enormous networks of camps, towers, moats, and palisades to seal off the besieged.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E21 - Caesar’s World War
20 novembre 202431minBetween 49 and 45 BCE, Caesar fought a civil war across the empire against his Roman rivals. You examine the battles of Pharsalus, Zela, Thapsus, and Munda, paying particular attention to what allowed Caesar to win in each case, especially since he was often outnumbered.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E22 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
20 novembre 202430minIn 9 CE, three Roman legions were ambushed and massacred in the Teutoburg Forest by Germans under Arminius, a former auxiliary in the Roman ranks. You explore accounts of the battle and the remarkable archaeological discoveries that have shed new light on German tactics.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E23 - Catastrophe at Adrianople
20 novembre 202431minThe Roman defeat at Adrianople in 378 CE was only the second time in Roman history that an emperor was killed in action against a foreign foe. Assessing the battle, you survey the Goths and the threat they posed in the 4th century, and you examine the military organization and equipment of the Later Roman Empire.Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquistoS1 E24 - Reflections on Warfare in the Ancient World
20 novembre 202431minAddress two final questions: (1) Why did warfare play a central role in the societies of the ancient Mediterranean? (2) Was the so-called "Western way of war" invented in Archaic Greece and has it been continuously practiced up to the present?Periodo d’uso gratuito di The Great Courses Signature Collection o acquisto
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