LEADER 02915cam a2200457Ii 4500001 99111450533506421 005 20240711091150.0 008 180924s2018 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 015 GBB8E6256 |2bnb 016 7 019008299 |2Uk 020 9781472828422 |q(hardcover) 020 1472828429 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9781472828439 |q(ebook) 035 (NjP)11145053-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11145053 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11145053 035 (OCoLC)on1060596088 040 TOH |beng |erda |cTOH |dOCLCO |dZGR |dBDX |dUKMGB |dZGR |dOCLCF |dLTSCA |dOCL 050 4 U35 |b.C65 2018 082 04 356.10938 |223 100 1 Cole, Myke, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012018373 245 10 Legion versus phalanx : |bthe epic struggle for infantry supremacy in the ancient world / |cMyke Cole. 264 1 New York : |bOsprey Publishing, |c[2018] 264 4 |c©2018 300 288 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : |bcolor illustrations, maps ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index 505 0 Preface -- Chronology -- Maps -- Part I: And in this corner...examining the legion and the phalanx -- Who would win in a fight? The eagle and the lion -- Not your father's phalanx: the legacy of Iphicrates -- Mules that kill: under the eagle of Rome -- Part II: Fight! the legion versus the phalanx in six battles -- Heraclea, 280 BC: Rome's first test -- Asculum, 279 BC: "One more such victory, and we are undone." -- Beneventum, 275 BC: Pyrrhus' last gasp -- Cynoscephalae, 197 BC: The legion triumphant -- Magnesia, 190 BC: No refuge for Hannibal -- Pydna, 168 BC: The fall of the Antigonids -- Legions and phalanxes. 520 "From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder with shields interlocking, the men of the phalanx presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the enemy. Until, that is, the Roman legion emerged to challenge them as masters of infantry battle" -- Front jacket flap. 651 0 Rome |xHistory, Military. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115172 650 0 Battles |xHistory. 650 0 Strategy |xHistory. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010112362 650 0 Infantry. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85066019 650 0 Military history, Ancient. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085208 650 0 Military art and science |xHistory. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085139 902 dws |bm |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20190404 904 pad |bo |hm |cb |e20190205 914 (OCoLC)on1060596088 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240710 |eprocessed |f1060596088