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Author : Matthew Trundle
Release : 2004-09-09
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 331/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Greek Mercenaries by : Matthew Trundle
Download or read book Greek Mercenaries written by Matthew Trundle. This book was released on 2004-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Mercenaries is an analysis of the political, social and economic aspects of classical Greek mercenary service.
Author : Matthew Trundle
Release : 2004-09-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 323/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Greek Mercenaries by : Matthew Trundle
Download or read book Greek Mercenaries written by Matthew Trundle. This book was released on 2004-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed picture of the life of these Greek mercenaries, analyzing who they were and from what section of society they came. It explores their motivations, their relationships and connections, both with each other and those with whom they served, and shows how mercenaries were recruited, paid and maintained. Matthew Trundle reviews a variety of evidence, including Xenophon's detailed account of how over ten thousand Greeks tried and failed to establish the Persian prince Cyrus on his brother's Imperial throne, the fragments of a fourth century play about the first ever soldier of fortune, and inscriptions prohibiting Athenians from taking service with their neighbours. The result is a fresh look at the significance of mercenaries in ancient Greek society, economy and politics, and their part in the process that shaped the great Empire of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world.
Author : Herbert William Parke
Release : 1933
Genre : Greece
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Book Synopsis Greek Mercenary Soldiers by : Herbert William Parke
Download or read book Greek Mercenary Soldiers written by Herbert William Parke. This book was released on 1933. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Trundle
Release : 2004
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 127/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Greek Mercenaries by : Matthew Trundle
Download or read book Greek Mercenaries written by Matthew Trundle. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed picture of the life of these Greek mercenaries, analyzing who they were and from what section of society they came. It explores their motivations, their relationships and connections, both with each other and those with whom they served, and shows how mercenaries were recruited, paid and maintained. Matthew Trundle reviews a variety of evidence, including Xenophon's detailed account of how over ten thousand Greeks tried and failed to establish the Persian prince Cyrus on his brother's Imperial throne, the fragments of a fourth century play about the first ever soldier of fortune, and inscriptions prohibiting Athenians from taking service with their neighbours. The result is a fresh look at the significance of mercenaries in ancient Greek society, economy and politics, and their part in the process that shaped the great Empire of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world.
Author : Stephen English
Release : 2012-10-24
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 548/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mercenaries in the Classical World by : Stephen English
Download or read book Mercenaries in the Classical World written by Stephen English. This book was released on 2012-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenaries were a significant factor in many of the wars of the Classical world, being employed in large numbers by many states. By far the most famous were Xenophon's 'Ten Thousand', who had to cut their way out of the Persian Empire after the death of their employer and such Greek infantry were for long the most dominant type (even a Spartan king hiring himself out in one case), but there was a wide variety of mercenaries available. Some, such as Celts and Thracians were hired largely for their love of fighting, while others were valued for their specialist skills, such as Cretan archers or slingers from Rhodes or the Balearic Islands. This will be the first full-length book on the subject since 1997. It will examine the role of the mercenaries and their influence on the wars of the period down to the death of Alexander the Great, who employed them and why, and will also look at the social and economic pressures that drove tens of thousands to make a living of fighting for the highest bidder, despite the intense dangers of the ancient battlefield.
