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<p>What set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, J. E. Lendon surveys a millennium of warfare to discover how militaries change--and don't change--and how an army's greatness depends on its use of the past. <br> Noting this was an age that witnessed few technological advances, J. E. Lendon shows us that the most successful armies were those that made th
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- Author
- J. E. Lendon
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300106633
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Science, Military
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (594 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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