RT Book
T1 Greek military service in the ancient Near East, 401-330 BCE
A1 Rop, Jeffrey 1982-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
ED 1st ed.
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1819660753
AB Rewrites the military and political history of Greek military service in ancient Persia and Egypt.
AB Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Maps -- Chapter 1 The Greek Thesis -- The Greek Thesis in Antiquity and the Present -- Reconsidering Greek Military Superiority -- Reconsidering the Greek Mercenary -- Military Service and Foreign Imperialism: A New Thesis -- Chapter 2 The Battle of Cunaxa -- Greek Splendor and Barbarian Terror -- Framing Clearchus: Cyrus as a Tragic Advisor -- The Rebel Plan at Cunaxa -- The Feigned Retreat and the Defeat of Cyrus -- Chapter 3 Greece and the Rebellion of Cyrus the Younger -- Loyalty and Betrayal in the Anabasis -- Greek Clients, Persian Rebels -- The Hegemony of Cyrus -- Chapter 4 Greeks in Persia and Egypt, ca. 400-360 -- Conon and Pharnabazus -- Chabrias and Acoris -- Iphicrates and Pharnabazus -- Agesilaus and Tachos -- Agesilaus and Nectanebos -- Greek Military Service in the Near East: Preliminary Conclusions -- Chapter 5 The Revolt of Artabazus -- The Conventional Chronology -- The Campaigns of Chares and Pammenes -- The Mercenaries Decree -- The So-Called Revolt of Artabazus -- Chapter 6 The Persian Conquest of Egypt -- Rebellion in Cyprus and the Levant -- The Persian Invasion Strategy -- Nectanebos and the Defense of Egypt -- International Politics and Greek Military Service in Egypt -- Chapter 7 The Greco-Persian Defense of Western Anatolia -- Artaxerxes III and Philip II -- The First Macedonian Invasion -- Advisor Figures during the Macedonian Conquest -- Greeks at the Battle of the Granicus River -- Memnon, the Siege of Halicarnassus, and the Aegean Counter-Offensive -- Memnon, Arsites, and Athens -- Chapter 8 The Fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire -- The Strategic Context of the Battle of Issus.
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
SN 9781108606615
K1 Greek mercenaries
K1 Military history, Ancient
K1 Greece-History, Military-To 146 B.C
K1 Electronic books
K1 Hochschulschrift