The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World

Originally published in 1935, this book provides a detailed history of the employment of mercenaries in the Hellenistic period.

G. T. Griffith (Author)

9781107419308, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 August 2014

352 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.45 kg

Originally published in 1935, this book provides a detailed history of the employment of mercenaries in the Hellenistic period. Griffith discusses how and why mercenaries were used after the death of Alexander the Great by the Seleucids, Ptolemies, the Greek League and other powers active before the rise of Rome, and includes a section contrasting the pay and maintenance of mercenaries in the classical period with that of the Hellenistic period. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient history and one of the ancient world's most important professions.

Acknowledgment
Bibliographical note
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Philip and Alexander
Appendix. A note on Alexander's mercenaries
2. The successors
3. Macedonia
4. The Greek leagues and cities
5. The Ptolemies
6. The Seleucids
7. Pergamum and Pontus
8. The West
9. The provenance and recruiting of mercenaries
10. The pay and maintenance of mercenaries
Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]