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Frontage of a bronze Corinthian helmet depicting the dispute of Heracles and Apollo for the Ceryneian Hind, beginning of the 5th century BCE, attributed to a workshop in Vulci. Credit: Bibi Saint-Pol/Wiki Commons.
sidelined in favour of troop manoeuvrability. Further Reading Battles had grown from single clashes of Everson, Tim. Warfare in Ancient Greece. Stroud: small communities to complex engagements Sutton Pub., 2004. Print. of huge empires. Hanson, Victor D. The Western Way of War. New York: Oxford UP, 1990. Print.
When the Romans invaded and ultimately conquered Greece, they brought peace to Herodotus. The Histories. Trans. Aubrey De the area. The centre of military advancement SĂŠlincourt. London: Penguin, 2003. Print. Homer. The Iliad. Trans. Robert Fagles. New moved to Italy, and many Greek helmets York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1990. Print. were phased out in favour of lighter and Lendon, J. E. Soldiers and Ghosts. New Haven, stronger Roman helmets. Nevertheless, the CT: Yale UP, 2006. Print. legacy of the Greek helmet became a symbol of the technological and cultural superiority Snodgrass, Anthony M. Arms and Armour of the Greeks. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1967. Print. of Classical Greece. ***
Xenophon. On Horsemanship. Trans. H. G. Dakyns. Classic Reader. Blackdog Media, 27 Mar. 2003. Web.
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