The Persian Army 560-330 BC

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Sekunda was born in 1953. After studying Ancient History and Archaeology at Manchester University, he went on to take his PhD in 1981. He has taken part in archaeological excavations in Poland, Iran and Greece, and participated in a research project on ancient Persian warfare for the British Institute of Persian Studies. He has published numerous books and academic articles, and is currently teaching at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology in Torun, Poland. Klappentext The Persian Empire grew in the vacuum left by Assyria's destruction of the Kingdom of Elam. Prince Teispes captured Anshan, once a stonghold of the Elamites. His father, Achaemenes is the person who is apparently responsible for training and organising the early Persian army and it is his name that is the beginning of the royal line of Achaemenian Kings. It is a dynasty which includes Darius the Great - the finest ruler of the Achaemenid era. This compact guide covers the army he commanded, including the infamous 'Immortals' who formed the elite of the Persian army, their numbers always kept to exactly 10,000 men. Zusammenfassung The antagonism between the Persian and the Greek colonies on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor began with Cyrus I and continued for some 200 years until the Empire was destroyed by Alexander's Macedonians. This book looks at the arms, equipment and organization of these forces. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Persian Army 560-330 BC The Persian National Army Darius the Great War in the West 4th Century Setbacks and Reforms

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nicholas Sekunda, Nicholas Victor Sekunda, Nick Sekunda, Sekunda Nicholas
• Mitarbeit: Simon Chew (Illustration), Chew Simon (Illustration)
• Verlag: Osprey Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781855322509
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-250-9
• Seiten: 64
• Abmessung: 180 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Serien: Elite; Elite
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; European History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Warfare & defence, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, General and world history, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces