The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns

by B. Bar-Kochva and Bezalel Bar-Kochva

Book Overview

This is a 1976 study of the organization and tactics of the Seleucid armies from 312 to 129 BC. The first part of the book discusses the numerical strength of the armies, their sources of manpower, the contingents of the regular army, their equipment and historical development, the chain of command, training and discipline. The second part reconstructs the great campaigns in order to examine the Seleucid tactics. The book provides a lesson in Hellenistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521200083
• ISBN13: 9780521200080
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"