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Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401–330 BCE

by: Rop, J.

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Category: New Books
Code: 25260
ISBN-13: 9781108499507 / 978-1-108-49950-7
ISBN-10: 1108499503 / 1-108-49950-3
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2019
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 265
Book Condition: New

This is the first monograph dedicated to the history of Greek military service for the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt from the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Through careful analysis of the political contexts of their recruitment and detailed reconstructions of their performances as soldiers and generals on the battlefield, Jeffrey Rop overturns the traditional view that the Greeks who fought in the Near East were mercenaries hired for their superior military skills as heavily armored hoplites. The presence of unprecedented numbers of Greek infantry in the armies of Persia and Egypt is not evidence that the levies of these states were militarily inferior or deficient, but a clear sign of unprecedented foreign political influence among the most powerful leaders and cities of Greece for much of the fourth century.

Proposes a new view of Greco-Persian relations in the fourth century BCE that helps explain the military successes of Alexander the Great
Includes new reconstructions of several ancient battles, with diagrams
Argues for a new interpretation of the military significance of the Greek heavy infantry Hoplite

Table of Contents
1. The Greek thesis
2. The Battle of Cunaxa
3. Greece and the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger
4. Greeks in Persia and Egypt, ca. 400–360
5. The revolt of Artabazus
6. The Persian Conquest of Egypt
7. The Greco-Persian defense of Western Anatolia
8. The fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
Conclusion: the other Persian wars.

 
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Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401–330 BCE

by: Rop, J.

  • ISBN-13: 9781108499507 / 978-1-108-49950-7
  • ISBN-03: 1108499503 / 1-108-49950-3
  • Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019

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