Great Big Book of Warriors
No. of pages 120
Published: 2010
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This book is part of a book series called Warriors .
There are 120 pages in this book. This is a guide book. This book was published 2010 by QED Publishing .
Deborah Murrell has worked in publishing for 25 years, as an editor, manager and multimedia producer. She has also written more than 20 books both for children and adults.
This book has the following chapters: GREEK WARRIOR 4 What was a hoplite? 6 When did hoplites live? 8 Training to be a hoplite 10 Weapons and armour 12 War machines 14 War with Persia 16 The Persians return 18 Defeat of the Spartans 20 Alexander's army 22 Macedonian weapons and armour 24 Battle tactics 26 Alexander the Great 28 The decline of ancient Greece 30 GLADIATOR 32 What was a gladiator? 34 When did gladiators live? 36 Gladiator school 38 Retiarii, myrmillones and samnes 40 Provocatores, equites and velites 42 Gladiators of the Empire 44 The Colosseum 46 The build-up 48 The audience 50 The big day 52 Fight! 54 Win or lose 56 The end of gladiators 58 SAMURAI 60 What was a samurai? 62 When did samurai live? 64 Becoming a samurai 66 The pen and the sword 68 Weapons 70 Armour 72 Ninja 74 Early clans 76 The rise of the samurai 78 Samurai in battle 80 Three great men 82 The last shoguns 84 The decline of samurai 86 KNIGHT 88 What was a knight? 90 When did knights live? 92 Training to be a knight 94 Weapons 96 Armour 98 Horses 100 Battle tactics 102 On the battlefield 104 Heralds and heraldry 106 Castle under attack 108 Off the battlefield 110 Tournaments 112 The decline of knights 114 Glossary 116 Index 119
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