Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 306 S., 3 Bl.) :
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Kt.
ISBN:
978-0-511-66572-1
Series Statement:
Cambridge classical studies
Content:
This is a 1976 study of the organization and tactics of the Seleucid armies from 312 to 129 BC. The first part of the book discusses the numerical strength of the armies, their sources of manpower, the contingents of the regular army, their equipment and historical development, the chain of command, training and discipline. The second part reconstructs the great campaigns in order to examine the Seleucid tactics. The book provides a lesson in Hellenistic and military history and discusses several questions: how did the Hellenistic armies develop after Alexander? What distinguished the Seleucid army as superior to its Hellenistic contemporaries? The answers illuminate the expansion of Hellenism as we learn how the Seleucid army was used as a military, social and cultural instrument to impose the rule of the dynasty over the vast regions of the Empire and how it helped to shape Hellenistic society in the East
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). - Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2010
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Zugl.: Cambridge, Univ., Diss., 1972
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Organization. The numerical strength of the Seleucid armies ; Sources of manpower (The military settlements ; The national contingents) ; The regular army (Heavy infantry ; Cavalry ; Elephants and chariots) ; The command : king, stratēgoi and other officers ; Training and discipline -- The army in action. Seleucus I at Ipsus (301 B.C.) ; Against Demetrius at Cyrrhestica (285 B.C.) ; The victory over Molon (220 B.C.) ; The storming of the Porphyrion pass (218 B.C.) ; The battle of Raphia (217 B.C.) ; The crossing of the Elburz range (210 B.C.) ; The battle of Panion (200 B.C.) ; The defence of Thermopylae (191 B.C.) ; The battle of Magnesia (190 B.C.) ; The march to Beith-Zacharia (162 B.C.) ; Bacchides against Judas Maccabaeus at Elasa (160 B.C.)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-20667-9
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-20008-0
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0-521-20667-7
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Militär
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Armee
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511665721
URL:
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