FF:DSMgrB01 The History of Ancient Warfare - Course Information
DSMgrB01 The History of Ancient Warfare I.
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lukáš Kubala (lecturer)
Mgr. Aleš Mučka, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 7:30–9:05 A24
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Ancient History (programme FF, B-HI)
- Ancient History (programme FF, B-HS)
- Course objectives
- In the end of this course student will be able to understand the characteristic features of military in ancient Orient and Greece and also to interprete by himself the political power and social status of military in various empires in Middle east and in ancient Greece. The course will also provide for student various informations, concerning mainly of technical aspects and material provision of military. At the end, the student will also became familiar with various elite battle divisions; their military equipment, armaments, tactics and their style of warfare during particular military operations.
- Syllabus (in Czech)
- 1.)Všeobecný úvod - zoznámenie sa s pramennou základňou a s literaturou. 2.)Rozbor, podoba a význam vojenstva v štátoch Predného Východu. 3.)Achaimenovská Perzia – orientálny despotizmus a vojenská expanzia do vypuknutia Grécko-perzských vojen. 4.)Grécke vojenstvo v homérskom a temnom období. 5.)Grécke vojenstvo v archaickom a klasickom období – občianske vojsko, jeho charakteristika, význam a sociálny status občana ako vojaka v gréckej spoločnosti. 6.)Grécke námořnictvo – podoba, vývoj a význam, vznik lokálnych thalassokracii. 7.)Grécko-perzské vojny – príčiny a dôsledky. 8.)Spartský militarizmus vs. Athénska thalassokracia. 9.)Vzostup Macedónie – vláda Filipa II. a jeho vojenská reforma. 10.)Ťaženie Alexandra Veľkého – opis a charakteristika macedónskeho vojska a taktiky. 11.)Charakteristika a význam vojenstva nomádských etník
- Literature
- ANGLIM, Simon. Bojové techniky starověkého světa 3000 př. n. l. - 500 n. l. : vybavení, bojeschopnost a taktika. Translated by Josef Bartoň. Vyd. 1. Praha: Deus, 2006, 256 s. ISBN 8086215881. info
- WEES, Hans van. Greek warfare : myths and realities. London: Bloomsbury, 2004, xiv, 349. ISBN 9780715629673. info
- OLIVA, Pavel. Svět helénismu. 1. vyd. Praha: Arista, 2001, 151 s. ISBN 8086328023. info
- CASSON, Lionel. Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, 470 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5130-0. info
- The Shadow of Sparta. Edited by Anton Powell - Stephen Hodkinson. New York: Routledge for The Classical Press of Wales, 1994, vii, 408 p. ISBN 0415104130. info
- Antické válečné umění. 1. vyd. v tomto souboru. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 618 s. URL info
- KLÍMA, Otakar. Sláva a pád starého Iránu. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1977, 252 s., [1. info
- HÉRODOTOS. Dějiny. Translated by Jaroslav Šonka. Vyd. 2., V Odeonu 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1972, 548 s. info
- OLIVA, Pavel. Sparta a její sociální problémy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 339 s. info
- LYTTON, Edward Bulwer Lytton. Athens : its rise and fall. London: George Routledge, 1874, xx, 550 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, two hours one time per week with use of multimedia classroom.
- Assessment methods
- Test, which will conclude various questions from discussed themes.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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