The opening chapter sets out the purpose and scope of the work: the tactics of the pitched battle in land warfare as they were understood and applied in the Greco-Roman world, with strategy discussed only as far as it bears on the battle itself. It then gives the reader the tools for the chapters that follow: the ancient units of length, the Greek alphabetic numerals, and the lists of the primary sources used.
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