On Horsemanship
Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · February 4, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Practical horsemanship meets the military concerns of ancient Greece.
- Genres
- Horses, Ancient Greece, Ancient Warfare
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, February 4, 2013
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On horsemanship deals with the selection, care, and training of horses in general. Military training and the duties of the cavalry commander are dealt with in the Hipparchicus. Written in about 350 BC, the treatises of Xenophon were considered the earliest extant works on horsemanship in any literature.
Horses and Strategy
Practical horsemanship meets the military concerns of ancient Greece.
Come here for
- The old craft of choosing, caring for, and training horses
- Military training and the duties of a cavalry commander
Expect
- Attention to horse selection, care, and training
- A second treatise on cavalry command
Where it sits
| Ancient Warfare | 60% |
|---|---|
| Ancient Greece | 38% |
| Horses | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Horses
- Authors
- Xenophon
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- February 4, 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Horses