The Army of the Bosporan Kingdom (Studies on the History of the Ancient & Mediaeval Art of Warfare) Book

?Armed conflict, armies, and all military aspects of war, should be treated as essential aspects of social behaviour, reflecting inter-state and ethnic relations and the level of economic development of the states and nations involved, which are factors which operate regardless of the background of place or time against which the historical incidents are played' - From the Introduction Occupying two strategic peninsulas that are now a part of Turkey, the Bosporan Kingdom controlled the Black Sea from the 4th Century B.C. to the 1st Century A.D. This was the region in which the civilized and barbaric of the ancient world clashed and merged. This comprehensive book combines all the archaeological and historical data on the Bosporan Army and points out the astonishing influence it had over the Greek art of warfare. The book is part of a series published in English in Poland. A particularly useful feature is that the author draws on little known Russian and Polish research to reconstruct Bosporan military history.Read More