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A Sensory History of Ancient Warfare

By Conor Whately

A Sensory History of Ancient Warfare Politics & History

A Sensory History of Ancient Warfare

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How can we attempt to understand the experience of those involved in ancient battles, sieges and campaigns? What was the visual impact of seeing the massed ranks of the enemy approaching or the sky darkened with their arrows? How did it feel to be trapped in the press of bodies as phalanxes clashed shield to shield? What of the taste of dust on the march or the smell of split blood and entrails? What of the rumble of approaching cavalry, the clash of iron weapons and the screams of the dying? The assault on all five senses which must have occurred is the subject of this innovative book.

Sensory history is a new approach that attempts to understand the full spectrum of the experience of the participants in history. Conor Whately is the first to apply the discipline in a dedicated study of warfare in the classical world. He draws on literary, archaeological, reconstructive and comparative evidence to understand the human experience of the ancient battlefield in unprecedented depth.
Product details
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2021-08-26
Publication Date:
2021-08-26
Publisher:
Pen & Sword Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
147389512X
ISBN13:
9781473895126
Weight:
492 g
Height:
159 cm
Width:
239 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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