9780521206679-0521206677-The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns (Cambridge Classical Studies)

The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns (Cambridge Classical Studies)

ISBN-13: 9780521206679
ISBN-10: 0521206677
Edition: First Edition
Author: Bezalel Bar-Kochva
Publication date: 1976
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 318 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521206679
ISBN-10: 0521206677
Edition: First Edition
Author: Bezalel Bar-Kochva
Publication date: 1976
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 318 pages

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The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns (Cambridge Classical Studies) (ISBN-13: 9780521206679 and ISBN-10: 0521206677), written by authors Bezalel Bar-Kochva, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1976. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Ancient Civilizations History books. You can easily purchase or rent The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns (Cambridge Classical Studies) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Ancient Civilizations History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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.

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