Unit Cohesion and Warfare in the Ancient World Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book explores unit cohesion in ancient armies, and how this contributed to the making of war in the Mediterranean world. It takes a varied approach, from looking at individual groups within larger armies to juxtaposing vertical and horizontal types of cohesion, providing a more detailed understanding of how groups were kept together. Examples from across the ancient Mediterranean are explored in this volume, from Classical Greece to Late Antiquity, and modern approaches to social cohesion a...