Read Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome Online
Authors: Victor Davis Hanson
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Roxane and, 121, 123, 128–29; satrap system
Aegean, ix, 4, 85n41; Greco-Persian Wars and,
and, 125–29, 134; as son of Zeus, 120; spice
13, 16, 19–20, 23, 32–33, 35, 40, 42; pirates
trade and, 133; transition regime and,
and, 33; Second Athenian League and,
125–26; transpopulation policy and, 127
72–73; trade importance of, 32
Alexandria, Egypt, 127–28, 134
Aegina, 186
Algerian War of Independence, 202
Aegospotami, battle of, 67, 85n37
American Civil War, 191
Aeneas the Tactician, 75, 154–55, 157
Ammon, 120
Aeschylus, 28
Amphipolis, 155
Afghanistan, 6, 122–23, 215
Amyntas, 127
Africa, 3, 166, 186, 210, 221, 239–40
Anabasis
(Xenophon), 139
Against Verres
(Cicero), 176
Anatolia, 12, 189, 192, 199
Agesilaus, 90n64, 95–97, 100, 105, 142
Andriscus, 189
Agesilaus
(Plutarch), 100
Ankara, 120
agora, 144–51
Antigonus, 125
agriculture, 96, 113n3, 143, 190
Antioch, 134
Ahura Mazda, 17–18, 26
Antiochus, 194
Alamanni, 232, 235, 244n5
Apamea, 194
Alans, 239
Aphrodite, 177
Alcibiades, 53, 100
Apis, 132
Alcidamas, 191
Apollo, 37
Alexander the Great, 2, 8, 93, 223; Aristotle
Aquilius, Manius, 199
and, 130; assassination of Philip II and, 119;
Aramaic, 173
Bactrian campaigns of, 121–29, 134; battle
Arcadia, 97, 104, 104–6, 116n19, 144
of Gaugamela and, 119–20, 124–25; battle
Arcadian League, 154
of Granicus and, 119–20, 123; burning
Archelaus, 176
of Persepolis and, 120–22; Companion
archers, 151, 172
Cavalry and, 119; consolidation challenges
Archidamaus, 103, 149
and, 6; Darius and, 120–21, 124; death of,
archon, 64
123–24; Diodorus on, 127–28; disloyalty to,
Ardis, 16
126–27, 134; economic policies and, 132–33;
Areia, 121, 124
Argives, 37, 66
and, 34; Themistocles and, 58–59, 70 (
see
Argos, 69, 71, 139, 151, 155, 186
also
Themistocles); Thirty Tyrants and, 67,
Ariovistus, 211, 213–14, 218
139, 151; tribute payments and, 34–35, 38, 45;
Aristides, 81n16
urban fighting and, 139–42, 156–57
Aristobulus, 174
Athenodorus, 130
Aristonicus of Pergamum, 189, 192
Athens, 21, 95; capture by Mardonius and,
Aristonike, 60
60–61; conquest of, 67–68; democracy and,
Aristophanes, 94
94; empire building and, 70; fortifications
Aristotle, 74, 130, 187, 190
of, 58–78, 125; as
hegemon
, 33; increasing
Arminius, 165, 167
glory of, 63–66; interstate system and, 59,
armor, 2, 41, 139, 149, 153, 196
63, 69, 71–73, 77, 86n43, 87n50, 88n58; Long
Arrian, 126
Walls and, 5, 52, 59, 63, 65–70, 73, 76–77,
Arsinoë, 131
84nn29,30,32, 85n40; Lysander and, 67–68;
Arsites, 119
naval power and, 58–60, 63–65; Piraeus
Arta, 17
and, 139 (
see also
Piraeus); rebuilding of, 61,
Artabazus, 125, 127
69, 72–78.
See also
Acropolis of Athens
Artaxerxes, 69–70
Atrebates, 214
Artaxerxes V, 121, 133
Attica, 44, 72; defense of, 73; equality and,
Asander, 125
22; fortifications and, 58–59, 75, 91n69;
Ashdown, battle of, 3
Long Walls and, 65; Persians and, 23–24;
Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, 101
preemption and, 103; Spartans and, 21, 68;
assassinations, 18, 119, 141, 168, 175, 207, 182n22,
Themistocles’ strategy for, 59–60
222, 234
auctoritas
(precariousness of reputation), 224
Assyria, 12, 19
Augustus, 163, 165, 170, 200, 207, 223–24
Athena, 41
autonomia
, 106–7
Athenians, 106; Assembly and, 38; battle of
autonomy: Boeotia and, 94–99, 103–12; Epami-
Marathon and, 24–26; Boeotia and, 96;
nondas and, 94; King’s Peace and, 71–72,
Callias peace treaty and, 41–43; class issues
89n63; Messenia and, 98–99; polis and, 151;
and, 40–41; cleruchy and, 34; competition
Roman state power and, 174–75; satrap sys-
and, 35–36; Conon and, 58–59, 69–70, 75,
tem and, 125–26; Second Athenian League
87n47; Corinthians and, 53–54; Darius and,
and, 72–73; slave wars and, 185–202
23–26; defense mentality and, 73–75; Delian
Avidius Cassius, 166
Leauge and, 31–34, 43, 45; democracy and,
21–23, 34, 40–41; economic growth of, 5;
Babylon, 132, 172; Alexander and, 120, 123–24;
education and, 50; Egyptian campaign of,
crushing of Judah by, 12; Cyrus’s invasion
55; elitism and, 40; empire building and,
of, 11–16; expansion of, 12; loss of without
34–55, 97; financial gain of, 37–40; fortifica-
battle, 11; Marduk and, 12, 14; reputation
tions and, 5, 58–78; freedom and, 36, 40,
of, 12; sacking of Nineveh and, 12; satrap
49; Great Panathenaic Festival and, 41; in-
system and, 125
feriority complex of, 26; Ionian ties of, 32;
Bactria, 121–29, 134
isonomia
and, 22; King’s Peace and, 70–73,
Balacrus, 125
86n43, 88n56, 89nn59,63; Melian Dialogue
Balkans, 211
and, 36; naval power and, 51–53, 73; Old
banditry: counterinsurgency and, 168–71,
Oligarch and, 38–40, 50–51; peace with
182n20; frontier defense and, 227, 229,
Persia and, 41–42; Pericles and, 4–5, 31 (
see
232–33; pirates and, 33, 190, 198–200, 209;
also
Pericles); phalanx and, 24; quality of
slave wars and, 191
life and, 38–40; Second Athenian League
barbarians: frontier defense and, 227–42; Io-
and, 72–73; slavery and, 186, 188; Spartans
nian concept of, 9, 25, 28, 40; temple burn-
and, 35, 48, 63, 67–69; Sphodrias and, 72–73;
ings and, 28, 43, 45–48, 53, 59–62, 228–42
swearing allegiance to, 34–35; Thasians
Bardiya, 18
250 Index
Bar-Kokhba, Simon, 165–67, 169, 172
Cassius, 175, 221
Batavians, 165
Cato the Younger, 213
Batis, 132
Catullus, 218
Bel, 132
Celts, 190, 198
Belgic tribes, 212
centurions, 219–20, 222, 226nn20,22
Berkey, David, vii, 5, 58–92
Cestius Gallus, 173
Berlin, 140
Chaeronea, 100, 106, 119
Berlin Wall, 68
Chalcidians, 35
Bessus, 121, 124, 133
China, 202
bipolar state system, 63, 69, 86n43
Chios, 33, 186, 188, 193, 195, 197
Bisitun, 18
Chnodomarius, 235–36, 238
Bithynia, 166
Christians, 166, 191, 238
Black Sea, 32, 42, 238
Cicero, 93, 171, 176–78, 199, 206, 219
blood drinking, 131
Cilicia, 125, 169, 171, 194
Boeotia, 60, 71, 89n61, 113n3, 147, 188; Athenians
Cimbri, 212
and, 96; as backwater, 95; democracy and,
Cimon, 42, 44, 46, 55
94–99; Epaminondas and, 94–99, 103–12;
citizens: status of Roman, 172–75; urban fight-
fourth-century, 94–96; invasion of 370–69
ing and, 138–57
and, 96–99; oligarchy and, 95–96, 105, 108–
city-states: acropolis and, 144; agora and,
12, 114n5, 116n21; passive/active strategies
144–51; Athenian empire building and,
of, 96; preemption and, 103–12; Spartans
34–55; autonomy and, 36–37; bipolar state
and, 95–96; urban fighting and, 147
system and, 63, 69, 86n43; borderland
Boeotian League, 71
control and, 36–37; circuit wall and, 143–44,
bolt-shooters, 155
151–52; Delian League and, 31–34, 43,
border defense.
See
frontier defense
45; Epaminondas and, 94; fortifications
Bosporus, 32
and, 58–78, 151–52 (
see also
fortifications);
Boudicca, 165
freedom and, 49; Great Panathenaic Fes-
Boukoloi
(bandit group), 169
tival and, 41; grid-planned, 146–47; house
Britain, 123; civil war and, 207; counter-
construction and, 147; interstate system
insurgency and, 165, 167, 171–72; Julius
and, 59, 63, 69, 71–73, 77, 86n43, 87n50,
Caesar and, 206–7, 212–16; naval power
88n58; Ionian, 40; King’s Peace and, 70–73,
and, 77–78
86n43, 88n56, 89nn59,63; polis description
Brutus, 221
and, 143–44; Second Athenian League and,
Bulla Felix, 200
72–73; slavery and, 186; street layout and,
Burebista, 211
146–49, 155; urban fighting and, 138–57
Burgundians, 239–40
Civilis, 165–66
Bush, George W., 102, 112
civil wars, 3, 131, 139; Britain and, 207; counter-
Byzantine Empire, 207
insurgency and, 163, 165–66, 170, 174, 176;
keeping the initiative and, 221; Rome
Cadmea, 144
and, 206–10, 213, 216–17, 221–24; slave wars
Caesar, title of, 207
and, 191, 198, 200; urban warfare and, 142,
Calas, 125
145–46, 150
Calgacus, 167
Claudii Marcelli, 177
Callias, 40–41, 43
Claudius, 166, 176
Callisthenes, 122
Clausewitz, 10
Cambyses, 17–18
Clazomenae islands, 70
Campania, 190
Cleitus, 122, 127
canton kings, 235–36
Cleomenes, 126
Caria, 126
Cleopatra, 221
Carthaginians, 54, 109, 148, 189
cleruchy, 34
Index 251
Coeranus, 126
talents of, 14–16; strategy of, 13–16; Temple
coercive democratization, 5–6
of Jerusalem and, 15; urban fighting and,
Colophon, 34–35
139; as vassal of Media, 13; Yahweh and, 15
Columella, 190
Commentaries on the Gallic War
(Julius Caesar),
Dacians, 211, 222
165, 212, 216, 218–19
Damophilus of Enna, 191–92
Commius, 214–16
Danube, 211; frontier defense and, 227–35, 239,
communal servitude, 21, 93, 98, 105, 186–88
244n9; Lower, 229–30, 233–34, 239; Middle,
Companion Cavalry, 119, 127
229–34, 244n9
computer-guided weapons systems, 2
Dardanelles, 32, 42
Conference of Luca, 212
Darius I, 17–18; Alexander and, 120–21, 124;
Conon, 58–59, 69–70, 75–76, 87n47
Athenians and, 23–26; Greece and, 23–26;
Constantine I, 229, 231, 233–34
satrap system and, 125; self-promotion of,
Constantius II, 229–32, 237
18–19; Xerxes and, 26
Corcyra, 141–42, 146, 156, 157
Darius III, 100, 119, 133
Corinth, 53–54, 68–69, 71, 119, 139, 147
Datis, 24
Corinthian Gulf, 188
decarchies, 68
Corinthian War, 70–71, 76
Decelea, 188
corona civica
(gallantry award), 209
defenses.
See
fortifications
cosmic order, 17–19
Delbrück, 10
counterinsurgency, 7; banditry and, 168–71;
Delian League, 31–34, 43, 45
Bar-Kokhba and, 165–67, 169, 172; defining,
Delion, 3, 97
178; established provinces and, 165–66;
Delium, 103
frontier defense and, 227–42; Gaul and,
Delos, 32, 35, 45, 188
165–66; genocide and, 167; Herod Agrippa
Delphi, 37
II and, 173, 176; Herod the Great and, 173,
Demainetos, 88n51
175–76; Illyricum and, 167; Judaea and, 166,
Demeter, 194
168; mass deportation and, 167; modern,
democracy: Arcadia and, 106–7; Argives
178–79; mutilation and, 167; opportunists
and, 66; Athenians and, 34, 40–41, 94;
and, 166; perceived ability to punish and,
Boeotia and, 94–99; class issues and,
167–68; psychological strategy and, 167–68;
40–41; coercive, 5–6; diplomacy and, 215;
Rome and, 163–69; ruling class and, 166;
Epaminondas and, 6, 94; fortifications and,
slave wars and, 196–202; taxes and, 165
66–67, 70, 76, 85n41; Greece and, 21–23, 26;
Crassus, Marcus Licinius, 198–99, 210–12, 217,
Julius Caesar and, 207; Long Walls and,
219
59; military and, 207; oligarchy and, 95–96;
Crete, 186, 199
Pericles and, 94; preemption and, 110; rev-
Crixus, 190
enues for, 38; Thebes and, 94; Thucydides
Cromwell, Oliver, 207
and, 94
crosses, 132, 185, 200
dêmokratia
, 106–7
Curio, 219
demos
(the people), 21–22
cursus honorum
, 209–10
dictators: Augustus and, 223–24; Julius Caesar
Cyanean rocks, 41
and, 207–8, 219, 222; military and, 206–7,
Cyclopean masonry, 59
223–24; Sulla and, 223
Cyprus, 42, 70
Diodorus, 69, 81n16, 99–100, 106, 127–28,
Cyrus, 11–12, 26, 122, 139; ascension of, 13;
204n23
Bardiya and, 18; Cambyses and, 17–18;
Dion, 148, 154
death of, 13–14; dominion of, 13; empire
Dionysia, 130
building and, 13–14; generalship of, 13–14;
Dionysus, 122, 131–32, 194–95
Judaeans and, 14–15; as “King of Kings,”
Dionysus II, 144
13, 15; mercenaries and, 139; psychological
Diviciacus, 214–16