Army and society in Ptolemaic Egypt

This is the only substantial and up-to-date reference work on the Ptolemaic army. Employing Greek and Egyptian papyri and inscriptions, and building on approaches developed in state-formation theory, it offers a coherent account of how the changing structures of the army in Egypt after Alexander...

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1. Verfasser: Fischer-Bovet, Christelle 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Armies of the Ancient World
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • The Army in Late Period Egypt (664-332 BC)
  • Military challenges faced by the Ptolemies : power, money, crisis and reform
  • Military organization and hierarchy
  • Military recruitment and ethnic composition
  • Settling soldiers
  • Soldiers and officers in the Egyptian countryside
  • Priests in the Army : a politico-ideological explanation
  • The Army and Egyptian temple-building