Introduction
PART ONE: THE MODEL
1:
Sources
2:
Armies
3:
Movement
4:
Fighting
5:
Command
6: The Model in
Operation
PART TWO: THE BATTLES
7: Athens &
Sparta
8: The Age of
Xenophon
9: Alexander the
Great
10: The
Successors
11: Carthage &
Rome
12: Hannibal &
Scipio
13: Rome moves
East
14: Julius Caesar
Conclusion
Appendix 1:
Rules
Appendix 2: Using the
Model
Appendix 3: Directory of
Battles
Appendix 4: Glossary
Bibliography
Philip Sabin's book offers a unique and dynamic insight into ancient warfare, combining academic rigour with the accessibility of simulation gaming.
Philip Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He has worked closely with the armed services and appears regularly on TV and radio. He has also co-edited the two volume Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare.
"A highly innovative study, presenting a new way of understanding
what happened in the great battles of the ancient world."
*Adrian Goldsworthy*
"Sabin offers a brilliant reconstruction of ancient Greek and Roman
battle. He models and 'refights' those battles through a game-like
process that brings them to life. The result is utterly
fascinating. There are new insights both into specific battle and
into the relative importance of moral and material factors. Lost
Battles is required reading for anyone interested in ancient
warfare."
*Barry Strauss*
"Lost Battles is an important contribution to our understanding of
ancient land combat. Any warmonger with an interest in ancients
will want to own a copy." -Mike Markowitz, NYMAS Review, 2008
'The reconstruction of ancient battles is a specialist sport, and
Philip Sabin is a professional ... new groups becoming interested
in the mechanics of ancient conflict and closer engagement with the
underlying academic material ... is of benefit to [the] discipline
as a whole - and should be credited to Sabin's score on the
increasingly important scale of impact.' - RUSI Journal
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