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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. MAPS ix
4. FIGURES xi
5. PROLOGUE 1
6. INTRODUCTION 5
7. THE GREEKS
8. I. Fighting in the Iliad 15
9. II. The Last Hoplite 39
10. III. Two Stubborn Spartans in the Persian War 58
11. IV. The Guile of Delium 78
12. V. The Arts of War in the Early Fourth Century BC 91
13. VI. Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus 115
14. VII. Hellenistic Warfare (323–31 BC) 140
15. The Greeks, Conclusion 156
16. THE ROMANS
17. VIII. Early Roman Warfare 163
18. IX. The Wrath of Pydna 193
19. X. Caesar’s Centurions and the Legion of Cohorts 212
20. XI. Scenes from the Jewish War, ad 67–70 233
21. XII. Shield Wall and Mask 261
22. XIII. Julian in Persia, ad 363 290
23. The Romans, Conclusion 310
24. Author’s Note and Acknowledgments 317
25. CHRONOLOGY 321
26. ABBREVIATIONS 331
27. NOTES 335
28. GLOSSARY 389
29. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 393
30. INDEX 441