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ΒΙΒΛΟΣ ΤΑΚΤΙΚΗ Battlefield Tactics in the Greco-Roman World

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13. Battles Reconstructed

Sixty-nine battles and engagements, from Thymbara and Marathon to Manzicert, Dyrrachion and Tagliacozzo, set out one by one as material for their reconstruction. For most of them the chapter gathers, in its notes, the passages of the sources that describe the action.

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