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To say that the Ancient Greeks liked to fight may not be an untruth, in fact whole poleis were based on warring and the art of making war. War was a way of everyday life for the Greeks. If not for mere survival, war was a way for a city to demonstrate its place on the food chain in Ancient Greece. The type of warfare developed for the period, and the use of such, has …

…about the competence of the leader, and the leader does not have time to have orders second-guessed. The position of the leader is different now, also because of the fluidity. A leader needs to maintain command and control. In Ancient Greece this was by leading, quite literally, from the front. Now perspective needs to be taken from a more central location. Leading from the front, though important, is more figurative than literal today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**