Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. The army in Late Period Egypt (664-332 BC); Part I. Structure and Role of the Army: 3. Military challenges faced by the Ptolemies: power, money, crisis and reform; 4. Military organization and hierarchy; 5. Military recruitment and ethnic composition; Part II. Economic Status and Social Networks of Soldiers and Officers: 6. Settling soldiers; 7. Soldiers and officers in the Egyptian countryside; Part III: The Army and Egyptian Temples: 8. Priests in the army: a politico-ideological explanation; 9. The army and Egyptian temple-building; 10. Conclusion; Appendix.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Christelle Fischer-Bovet is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California.

Zusammenfassung

The only substantial and up-to-date reference work on the Ptolemaic army. This book illuminates how state-formation and the changing structures of the army in Egypt after Alexander's conquest had an effect on settlement, land distribution and the development of social networks between Greeks and Egyptians.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christelle Fischer-Bovet, Christelle (University of Southern California) Fischer-Bovet, Fischer-Bovet Christelle, Christelle (University of Southern Fischer-Bovet
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2019
• Thema: Sachbuch
• EAN: 9781108707800
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70780-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 447
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 17.3 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm
• Serie: Print on Demand; Armies of the Ancient World
• Themen: HISTORY / Ancient / General, military history, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Warfare and defence, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, African history: pre-colonial period