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Author Różycki, Łukasz, author.

Title Battlefield emotions in late antiquity : a study of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises / by Łukasz Różycki ; translated by Krzysztof Chorzewski
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 333 pages)
Series History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; volume 136
History of warfare ; v. 136.
Contents Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Copyright page / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Acknowledgements / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Introduction / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Chapter 1 The Concept of War in Roman Military Treatises / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Chapter 2 Fighting Fear / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Chapter 3 Weaponizing Fear / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Chapter 4 The Commander / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Chapter 5 After the Battle / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Chapter 6 Conclusion / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Index / Author: Łukasz Różycki -- Terms in Greek / Author: Łukasz Różycki
Summary "Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity is a pioneering work, the first to present a comprehensive analysis of fear and motivation on the battlefields of Late Antiquity. By examining military treatises, Łukasz Różycki identifies means of manipulating the morale of soldiers on the same and on oppossing sides, showingvarious examples of military trickery. The book analyzes non-combat properties of equipment, commanders' speeches, war cries, keeping up appearances, and other methods of affecting the human psyche. The book is written in the spirit of new military history and combines the methodology of a historian, archaeologist, and philologist, and also considers aspects of psychology, particularly related to the functioning of groups and individuals in extreme situations"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Translated from the original Polish into English
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 01, 2021)
Subject Military art and science -- Rome -- History
Fear -- Rome -- History -- To 510 B.C
Military morale -- Rome -- History
Fear
Historiography
Military art and science
Military morale
Rome -- History, Military -- Historiography
Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Historiography
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
Author Chorzewski, Krzysztof, translator.
LC no. 2021008232
ISBN 9004462554
9789004462557
Other Titles Study of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises