{"product_id":"men-of-bronze-ed-kagan-paperback","title":"Men of Bronze (ed. Kagan - paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor: \u003c\/b\u003eDonald Kagan, Gregory F. Viggiano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780691168456\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection: \u003c\/b\u003eHistory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMen of Bronze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes up one of the most important and fiercely debated subjects in ancient history and classics: how did archaic Greek hoplites fight, and what role, if any, did hoplite warfare play in shaping the Greek polis? In the nineteenth century, George Grote argued that the phalanx battle formation of the hoplite farmer citizen-soldier was the driving force behind a revolution in Greek social, political, and cultural institutions. Throughout the twentieth century scholars developed and refined this grand hoplite narrative with the help of archaeology. But over the past thirty years scholars have criticized nearly every major tenet of this orthodoxy. Indeed, the revisionists have persuaded many specialists that the evidence demands a new interpretation of the hoplite narrative and a rewriting of early Greek history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMen of Bronze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gathers leading scholars to advance the current debate and bring it to a broader audience of ancient historians, classicists, archaeologists, and general readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47641370624224,"sku":"Books:9780691168456n","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/81TMm5GOA0L._SY466.jpg?v=1754674770","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/men-of-bronze-ed-kagan-paperback","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}