War in the Ancient World: A Social History - Yvon Garlan - Hardcover - Good Fantasy sea and ground

sea and ground

mounted on their powerful

beholders seek dominance over all they survey

The quick-firing Bofors guns can be relied on to drive away the harassing Axis aircraft before they have a chance to do too much harm

or the Turcomen or similar horse archers who fought with them as allies

War in the Ancient World: A Social History - Yvon Garlan - Hardcover - Good Fantasy sea and groundBeginning with an extermination of the legal aspects of war in antiquity the rules of warfare, rights of conquest, and peace treaties Professor Yvon Garlan goes on to consider military manpower, dealing with such topics as military aristocracies, the soldier citizen, mercenaries, slaves and barbarians in the army and the navy. A third section describes military organization, including pay, methods of recruitment and training, the quartermaster system,