Re: Yvon Garlan on military architecture

> . . . as he concludes that fortifications are not merely "economic" but
> promote the *épanouissement*, "blooming," of democracy and "civic
> forces."  One of several brilliant pieces. . .

Interesting, but makes me immediately and ineluctably wonder what, say, the
Marquis de Vauban, for example, might have thought or said of such a line
of reasoning .


- Laval Hunsucker
  Brœuquelenne-les-deux-églises, Pays-Bas


On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 4:21 PM DANIEL P. Tompkins <[email protected]>
wrote:

In the wonderful volume *Problèmes de la guerre en Grèce ancienne*, ed.
> Vernant  (1968), Garlan opens his essay on "fortifications" with the
> remark,  “military architecture is often treated in archaeology like a poor
> relative” ("l'architecture militaire a été souvent considérée comme une
> parente pauvre...").  He goes on to use Plato and Aristotle as he concludes
> that fortifications are not merely "economic" but promote the
> *épanouissement*, "blooming," of democracy and "civic forces."  One of
> several brilliant pieces in a book that has more to say about sociology of
> ancient warfare than many more recent ones.
>
> Dan
>