Army and society in Ptolemaic Egypt/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, England:
Cambridge University Press,
2014
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| Series: | Armies of the ancient world
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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.