The religious aspects of war in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome

Preliminary Material -- Introduction /Krzysztof Ulanowski -- War in Mesopotamian Culture /Pietro Mander -- Some Remarks Concerning the Development of the Theology of War in Ancient Mesopotamia /Vladimir Sazonov -- Battle-Descriptions in Mesopotamian Sources i: Presargonic and Sargonic Period /Sebastian Fink -- A Comparison of the Role of Bāru and Mantis in Ancient Warfare /Krzysztof Ulanowski -- Eclipses and the Precipitation of Conflict: Deciphering the Signal to Attack /Micah Ross -- War and Religion in Ancient Greece /Robert Parker -- The Terrified Face of Alcyoneus: The Religious Character of Greek Warfare, or What about the Vanquished? /Bogdan Burliga -- The Burning of Greek Temples by the Persians and Greek War-Propaganda /Eduard Rung -- Weather, Luck and the Divine in Thucydides /Rachel Bruzzone -- Xenophon's Piety within the Hipparchikos /Simone Agrimonti -- The Mounted Torch-Race at the Athenian Bendideia /Nicholas Sekunda -- Like Gods among Men. The Use of Religion and Mythical Issues during Alexander's Campaign /Borja Antela-Bernárdez -- Defence and Offence in the Egyptian Royal Titles of Alexander the Great /Ivan Ladynin -- Egyptian Warriors: Machimoi, in Coroplastic Art—Selected Examples /Sławomir Jędraszek -- Clenar larans etnam svalce: Myth, Religion, and Warfare in Etruria /Joshua R. Hall -- The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Campus Martius: Peace and War, Antinomic or Complementary Realities in the Roman World /Dan-Tudor Ionescu -- The Religious Legitimation of War in the Reign of Antoninus Pius /André Heller -- Roman Soldiers in Official Cult Ceremonies: Performance, Participation and Religious Experience /Tomasz Dziurdzik -- Religious Aspects of the Bar Kokhba Revolt: The Founding of Aelia Capitolina on the Ruins of Jerusalem /Boaz Zissu and Hanan Eshel -- Index of Authors.

Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List and Affiliations of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Ancient Near East -- War in Mesopotamian Culture -- Some Remarks Concerning the Development of the Theology of War in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Battle-Descriptions in Mesopotamian Sources I: Presargonic and Sargonic Period -- A Comparison of the Role of Bārû and Mantis in Ancient Warfare -- Eclipses and the Precipitation of Conflict: Deciphering the Signal to Attack -- Part 2 Greece -- War and Religion in Ancient Greece -- The Terrified Face of Alcyoneus: The Religious Character of Greek Warfare, or What about the Vanquished? -- The Burning of Greek Temples by the Persians and Greek War-Propaganda -- Weather, Luck and the Divine in Thucydides -- Xenophon's Piety within the Hipparchikos -- The Mounted Torch-Race at the Athenian Bendideia -- Like Gods among Men. The Use of Religion and Mythical Issues during Alexander's Campaign -- Defence and Offence in the Egyptian Royal Titles of Alexander the Great -- Egyptian Warriors: Machimoi, in Coroplastic Art-Selected Examples -- Part 3 Rome -- Clenar larans etnam svalce: Myth, Religion, and Warfare in Etruria -- The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Campus Martius: Peace and War, Antinomic or Complementary Realities in the Roman World -- The Religious Legitimation of War in the Reign of Antoninus Pius -- Roman Soldiers in Official Cult Ceremonies: Performance, Participation and Religious Experience -- Religious Aspects of the Bar Kokhba Revolt: The Founding of Aelia Capitolina on the Ruins of Jerusalem -- Index of Authors.

Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List and Affiliations of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Ancient Near East -- War in Mesopotamian Culture -- Some Remarks Concerning the Development of the Theology of War in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Battle-Descriptions in Mesopotamian Sources I: Presargonic and Sargonic Period -- A Comparison of the Role of Bārû and Mantis in Ancient Warfare -- Eclipses and the Precipitation of Conflict: Deciphering the Signal to Attack -- Part 2 Greece -- War and Religion in Ancient Greece