Автор: Nick Sekunda, Angus McBride
Издательство: Montvert Publications
Год издания: 1995
isbn: 1874101035
Количество страниц: 87
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This volume and its companion volume gather for the first time the lilerary and archaeological evidence for the Romanization of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic armies during the reigns of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria (175-164 BC) and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt (180-145 BC). It has long been realized that the late Hellenistic armies of the first century BC were equippedd and organized along Roman lines. It seems, however, that the process started during the second quarter of the second century, probably as a direct consequence of the Roman victory over Macedon at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC. In this volume, which concerns the Ptolemaic army under Ptolemy VI Philometor, an analysis of the reformed army based upon the work of Kallikles son of Kallikles the Alexandrian is carried out. Also, one of the most in depth studies ever of late Hellenistic soldiers is undertaken when a set of tombstones from Sidon is described in detail.
Автор: Nick Sekunda, Angus McBride
Издательство: Montvert Publications
Год издания: 1994
isbn: 1874101027
Количество страниц: 82
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This volume and its companion volume gather for the first time the lilerary and archaeological evidence for the Romanization of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic armies during the reigns of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria (175-164 BC) and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt (180-145 BC). It has long been realized that the late Hellenistic armies of the first century BC were equippedd and organized along Roman lines. It seems, however, that the process started during the second quarter of the second century, probably as a direct consequence of the Roman victory over Macedon at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC. In this volume, which concerns the Seleucid army under Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a detailed description of the army during the 160s is given. The evidence for late Hellenistic military organization given by the military pamphlets of Ascklepiodotus, Aelian and Arrian is analysed and compared to late Seleucid military practice.
Автор: Mikhael Gorelik
Издательство: Montvert Publications
Год издания: 1995
isbn: 1874101078
Количество страниц: 50
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In ancient and medieval times the lands of what is now referred to as the former Soviet Union provided the battlegrounds for some of the most fantastic warriors history has known. The purpose of this book is to give us a glimpse of what they looked like. It features twenty-two full colour plates showing expert reconstructions of nearly seventy exotic warriors from places as far apart as from the Danube in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, where Chuckchi warriors even terrorised the inhabitants of the western coasts of America! Each plate is accompanied by its own text giving a short historical outline and a description of the military characteristics and arms and armour of its principals.