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

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-108-60661-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rop, Jeffrey

Rop, Jeffrey (University of Minnesota

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Rop, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Rop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. His research focuses on the military and political history of Classical Greece and Achaemenid Persia and has appeared in several international journals.