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 Alexand...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer-Bovet, Christelle, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2014]
Colección:Armies of the ancient world.
Temas:
Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305-30 B.C.
Ptolémées (Dynastie)
Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305-30 B.C
Egypt. > Jaysh > History > To 1500.
Egypt. > Jaysh.
To 1500
Armies > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Sociology, Military > Egypt > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armies.
Sociology, Military.
Egypt > History, Military > To 1500.
Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C.
Égypte > Histoire > 332-30 av. J.-C.
Egypt.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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