Chronology
Editors' introduction
Introduction: the classical world at war
War and warfare in ancient Greece / Louis Rawlings
War and warfare in ancient Rome / Randall S. Howarth
Writers on war. Part I Greece: winning ways in warfare / P.C. Millett
Part II Rome: a story of conflict / Michael Lovano
The archaeology of war / Simon James
Warfare and environment in the ancient world / J. Donald Hughes
The face of battle in the classical world
The classical Greek experience / John W.I. Lee
The three thousand: Alexander's infantry guard / Waldemar Heckel
The Hellenistic experience with war: stagnation or development? / John Serrati
War and society in Greece / Nicholas V. Sekunda
The rise of Rome / Michael Sage
Imperial Rome at war / Phyllis Culham
War and society in the Roman Empire / Colin Adams
Impacts and techniques: war in the classical world
Men at war / Lawrence A. Tritle
Treating the sick and wounded / Christine F. Salazar
Keeping military discipline / Stefan G. Chrissanthos
The business of war: mercenaries / Matthew Trundle
Logistics: sinews of war / Donald Engels
War at sea / Philip de Souza
Arms and armor. Part I: arming Greeks for battle / Eero Jarva
Part II: arming Romans for battle / Duncan B. Campbell
Greeks under siege: challenges, experiences, and emotions / Angelos Chaniotis
Generalship: leadership and command / Rosemary Moore
Finding the enemy: military intelligence / Frank Russell
War and the horse / Ann Hyland
Part I: horses for war: breeding and keeping a warhorse
Part II: the development and training of cavalry in Greece and Rome
Greek rituals of war / Daniel P. Tompkins
Roman rituals of war / John Rich
Fighting the other. Part I: Greeks and Achaemenid Persians / Bruce Laforse
Part II: the Germanic and Danubian transfrontier peoples / Peter S. Wells
Part III: Military and society in Sasanian Iran / Scott McDonough
Case studies: the classical world at war
The Athenian expedition to Sicily / Lee L. Brice
The Peloponnesian War and its sieges / Michael Seaman
Epaminondas at Leuctra, 371 B.C. / John Buckler
Demetrius "the Besieger" and Hellenistic warfare / Thomas R. Martin
The second Punic War / Dexter Hoyos
Roman warfare with Sasanian Persia / A.D. Lee
Epilogue: The legacy of war in the classical world / Thomas Palaima and Lawrence A. Tritle.