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Cover 1 Half title 3 Series page 4 Title 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 Figures 13 Maps 15 Tables 16 Texts 18 Preface 19 Notes on abbreviations 21 Maps 23 1 Introduction 29 1.1 A social and military history of the Ptolemaic state 29 1.2 Previous views of Ptolemaic Egypt and the army 32 1.3 A new approach 35 1.4 Methodology, sources and outline 39 2 The army in Late period Egypt (664–332BC) 43 2.1 Brief historical survey 43 2.2 Mercenary service in Egypt from the reign of Psamtek I 46 2.2.1 Length of soldiers’ stays and waves of immigration 47 2.2.2 Military equipment 48 2.2.3 Role of mercenaries 50 2.2.3.1 The civil war between Apries and Amasis 50 2.2.3.2 Mercenary service from Cambyses to the second Persian occupation 51 2.2.4 Provenance and distribution 55 2.2.4.1 Epigraphic evidence for Greeks in Egypt 56 2.2.4.2 Main Greek settlements 59 2.2.4.3 Carians 62 2.2.4.4 A Jewish garrison in Elephantine 64 2.2.4.5 Cypriots 65 2.3 Egyptian soldiers and the organization of the army 65 PART I Structure and role of the army 73 3 Military challenges faced by the Ptolemies 77 3.1 Survey of military events, part I (331-221 BC): army numbers and cost 80 3.1.1 From Alexander to Ptolemy

Author

Christelle Fischer-Bovet

Language

EN