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WARFARE IN THE AGE OF HOMER

HENCHMEN OF ARES

By Josho Brouwers

Karwansaray Publishers, 2017

ISBN: 978-9490258078

An overview of Greek warfare from the Mycenaean Bronze Age down to the Persian Wars, this volume covers (and acts as an introduction to) the period of Homeric warfare (including the period before it and those immediately after). In Karwansaray style,

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