sieges and terror tactics - karwansaray publishers
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WARFAREA N C I E N T
Karwansaray Publishers
VOL V, ISSUE 4
Also:
• Recreating aspects of Marathon• Debate: Diocletian’s army reforms
With:
• Archers and shield-bearers • The siege of Lachish
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IN THIS ISSUE: Sieges and terror tactics: The Assyrian empire at war
Sieges and terror tactics:The Assyrian empire at war
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34 EMPIRE FORGEDOF BLOOD Battle tactics of the Neo-Assyrian army
ELITE
38 THE FIND The ring of truth
41 TESTING HERODOTUS Using re-creation to understand the Battle
of Marathon
47 THE DEBATEDid Diocletian reform the Roman army?
53 REVIEWSBooks, models and games
58 ON THE COVER
4 NEWS AND LETTERS
THEMESieges and terror tactics
6 INTRODUCTION
10 THE SOURCESettling a boundary dispute
14 SHIELD-BEARER AND ARCHER PAIRSAssyrian infantry tactics
20 BREAKING THE DEFENCESAssyrian siege machinery
22 “LIKE A BIRD IN A CAGE” Propaganda and the siege of Jarusalem
27 TAMING THE JUDEAN REBELSThe siege of Lachish, 701 BC
CONTENTS
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Assyrian infantry tactics
20 BREAKING THE
THE FINDThe ring of truth
TESTING HERODOTUS
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