Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401-330 Bce

by Jeffrey Rop

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108499503
• ISBN13: 9781108499507
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"