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Author : Herbert William Parke
Publisher : Oxford: the Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenary Soldiers written by Herbert William Parke and published by Oxford: the Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1933 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Trundle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134304331
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenaries written by Matthew Trundle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Mercenaries is an analysis of the political, social and economic aspects of classical Greek mercenary service.
Author : Stephen English
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848843301
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Mercenaries in the Classical World written by Stephen English and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of the mercenaries and their influence on the wars of the Classical world down to the death of Alexander the Great. It also looks at the social and economic pressures that drove tens of thousands to make a living of fighting for the highest bidder, despite the intense dangers of the ancient battlefield.
Author : G. T. Griffith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107419301
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World written by G. T. Griffith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1935, this book provides a detailed history of the employment of mercenaries in the Hellenistic period. Griffith discusses how and why mercenaries were used after the death of Alexander the Great by the Seleucids, Ptolemies, the Greek League and other powers active before the rise of Rome, and includes a section contrasting the pay and maintenance of mercenaries in the classical period with that of the Hellenistic period. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient history and one of the ancient world's most important professions.
Author : Michael Lee Lanning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780739461082
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Mercenaries written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey Rop
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108499503
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401–330 BCE written by Jeffrey Rop and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rewrites the military and political history of Greek military service in ancient Persia and Egypt.
Author : Stephen English
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783034548
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Mercenaries in the Classical World written by Stephen English and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenaries were a significant factor in many of the wars of the Classical world, being employed in large numbers by many states. By far the most famous were Xenophon's 'Ten Thousand', who had to cut their way out of the Persian Empire after the death of their employer and such Greek infantry were for long the most dominant type (even a Spartan king hiring himself out in one case), but there was a wide variety of mercenaries available. Some, such as Celts and Thracians were hired largely for their love of fighting, while others were valued for their specialist skills, such as Cretan archers or slingers from Rhodes or the Balearic Islands. This will be the first full-length book on the subject since 1997. It will examine the role of the mercenaries and their influence on the wars of the period down to the death of Alexander the Great, who employed them and why, and will also look at the social and economic pressures that drove tens of thousands to make a living of fighting for the highest bidder, despite the intense dangers of the ancient battlefield.
Author : H. w Parke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Greek mercenary soldiers, by h.w. parke written by H. w Parke and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004501754
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Brill's Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brill’s Companion to Greek Land Warfare Beyond the Phalanx brings together emerging and established scholars to build on the new consensus of multiform Greek warfare, on and off the battlefield, beyond the usual chronological, geographical, and operational boundaries.
Author : Herbert William Parke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenary Soldiers ... to the Battle of Ipsus written by Herbert William Parke and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Serge Yalichev
Publisher : Constable & Robinson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mercenaries of the Ancient World written by Serge Yalichev and published by Constable & Robinson. This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens.
Author : Herbert William Parke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Greek mercenary Soldiers written by Herbert William Parke and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raúl González-Salinero
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004507256
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire written by Raúl González-Salinero and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though relations between the Jewish people and the Roman state were sometimes strained to the point of warfare and bloodshed, Jewish military service between the 1st century BCE to the 6th century CE is attested by multiple sources.
Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781387905959
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Anabasis, the March Up Country: The Epic Story of Cyrus and the Ancient Greek Military's Quest to Regain the Persian Empire's Throne written by Xenophon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All seven books of Xenophon's chronicles, detailing his time as a Greek mercenary who famously relieves the Spartan army, are presented here complete with informative notes. Through this book, we learn much of the life of an everyday soldier in one of the ancient world's most iconic armies. A member of the Ten Thousand - a company of Greek soldiers led by the heroic general and leader Cyrus, Xenophon witnessed first-hand the campaign to seize Persia by force from Cyrus's own brother: Artaxerxes II. It is soon discovered that Sparta's army is stranded deep behind enemy lines, and must be rescued. Xenophon, as one of three commanders, leads the effort to make contact with Clearchus of Sparta and escort his isolated forces to friendlier ground where essential supplies of food are present. The great route of Cyrus and much of this history is enhanced by Xenophon's accessible and evocative style, informed by his excellent education as a contemporary of Plato and Socrates.
Author : Matthew Trundle
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415338127
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Greek Mercenaries written by Matthew Trundle and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed picture of the life of these Greek mercenaries, analyzing who they were and from what section of society they came. It explores their motivations, their relationships and connections, both with each other and those with whom they served, and shows how mercenaries were recruited, paid and maintained. Matthew Trundle reviews a variety of evidence, including Xenophon's detailed account of how over ten thousand Greeks tried and failed to establish the Persian prince Cyrus on his brother's Imperial throne, the fragments of a fourth century play about the first ever soldier of fortune, and inscriptions prohibiting Athenians from taking service with their neighbours. The result is a fresh look at the significance of mercenaries in ancient Greek society, economy and politics, and their part in the process that shaped the great Empire of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world.
Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674023567
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (235 download)
Download or read book Xenophon's Retreat written by Robin Waterfield and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With this first masterpiece of Western military history forming the backbone of his book, Robin Waterfield explores what remains unsaid and assumed in Xenophon's account - much about the gruesome nature of ancient battle and logistics, the lives of Greek and Persian soldiers, and questions of historical, political, and personal context, motivation, and conflicting agendas. The result is a rounded version of the story of Cyrus's ill-fated march and the Greeks' perilous retreat - a nuanced and dramatic perspective on a critical moment in history that may tell us as much about our present-day adventures in the Middle East, site of Cyrus's debacle and the last act of the Golden Age, as it does about the great powers of antiquity in a volatile period of transition."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Stephen English
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844683524
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)
Download or read book The Army of Alexander the Great written by Stephen English and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander the Great is one of the most famous men in history, and many believe he was the greatest military genius of all time (Julius Caesar wept at the feet of his statue in envy of his achievements). Most of his thirteen year reign as king of Macedon was spent in hard campaigning which conquered half the known world, during which he was never defeated in open battle and never besieged a city he did not take. Yet, while biographies of Alexander abound, there are relatively few full-length books dedicated to the Macedonian army which made his dazzling conquests possible and which proved itself the most formidable machine of the age.Stephen English investigates every aspect of the Macedonian forces, analysing the recruitment, equipment, organisation, tactics, command and control of the fighting arms (including the famous pike phalanxes, elite Hypaspists and incomparable Companion cavalry),Some of Alexander's most famous battles and sieges are described in detail to show the army in action. With forensic thoroughness he draws on recent archaeological evidence and scholarship to present a detailed portrait of the army which demonstrated a superiority over its opponents equal to (but much longer-lasting than) that enjoyed by the German forces in the blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939/40. Alexnader's navy is also covered.
