Militärgeschichte der Antike

[D B Campbell]

Having developed a renewed interest in Amazon.de -- I'm determined to make them send a book to Glasgow -- I wondered if anyone has read this one?

Leonhard Burckhardt, Militärgeschichte der Antike

I wonder how it compares with (say) Harry Sidebottom's little book.

[D B Campbell]

Nobody read it?!

[Eleatic Guest]

No, but I read the Beck edition on the history of ancient technology, and flipped through several others. These are small booklets of 120-150 pages, written by experts, but for the general audience. There are IIRC no inline citations, only section-wise bibliographies at the end of the book. What you get is a competent overview, but no in-depth analysis of specific points and certainly no discussions and comparisons of different schools of thought. All in all, I did not learn a new thing from the book, but it helpt me to structure my knowledge on ancient technology.

[D B Campbell]

Thanks, Stefan. I might give it a go.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Nobody read it?!

I can't read German... :oops: any pictures..... :oops: :oops: :oops: