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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hanson-Logo-1.png595200Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book, edited by Victor Davis Hanson, explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece. The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British scholars, emphasizes […]