Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt

Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt

Fischer-Bovet, Christelle (University of Southern California)

Cambridge University Press

04/2014

474

Dura

Inglês

9781107007758

15 a 20 dias

This book examines how the army developed as an engine of socio-economic and cultural integration in Egypt under Greco-Macedonian rule.
1. Introduction; 2. The army in Late Period Egypt (664-332 BC); Part I. Structure and Role of the Army: 3. Military challenges faced by the Ptolemies: power, money, crisis and reform; 4. Military organization and hierarchy; 5. Military recruitment and ethnic composition; Part II. Economic Status and Social Networks of Soldiers and Officers: 6. Settling soldiers; 7. Soldiers and officers in the Egyptian countryside; Part III: The Army and Egyptian Temples: 8. Priests in the army: a politico-ideological explanation; 9. The army and Egyptian temple-building; 10. Conclusion; Appendix.
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