The Seleucid Army : Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns
By: Bar-Kochva, Bezalel
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TextSeries: Cambridge Classical Studies: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989Description: xii, 306 p., table 23 cmISBN: 0521206677; 9780521206679Subject(s): Seleucids | Military history, Ancient | Military art and science -- HistoryLOC classification: U 31 .B37 S48 1976| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Notes and references pp. 207-276
Bibliographie: pp. 277-294
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Organization: 1. The numerical strength of the Seleucid armies; 2. Sources of manpower; 3. The regular army; 4. The command - King strategoi and other officers; 5. Training and discipline; Part II. The Army in Action: 6. Seleucus I at Ipsus (301 BC); 7. Against Demetrius at Cyrrestica (285 BC); 8. The victory over Molon (220 BC); 9. The storming of the Porphyrion pass (218 BC); 10. The battle of Raphia (217 BC); 11. The crossing of the Elburz range (210 BC); 12. The battle of Panion (200 BC); 13. The defence of Thermopylae (191 BC); 14. The battle of Magnesia (190 BC); 15. The march to Beith-Zacharia (162 BC); 16. Bacchides against Judas Maccabaeus at Elasa (160 BC); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Addenda; Index.
A 1976 study of the organization and tactics of the Seleucid armies from 312 to 129 BC. Dr Bar-Kochva discusses the numerical strength of the armies, their sources of manpower and their equipment and historical development, and also reconstructs the great campaigns in order to examine the Seleucid tactics.
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