TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fischer-Bovet,Christelle
TI  - Army and society in Ptolemaic Egypt
T2  - Armies of the ancient world
SN  - 9781316003404
AV  - DT92 .F58 2014eb
U1  - 355.00932/09014 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Cambridge, England
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Ptolemaic dynasty,
KW  - Ptolémées (Dynastie)
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Jaysh
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - fast
KW  - Armies
KW  - Sociology, Military
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Military
KW  - Other
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Military Science
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 332-30 B.C
KW  - Égypte
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 332-30 av. J.-C
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Military history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The Army in Late Period Egypt (664-332 BC) -- Military challenges faced by the Ptolemies : power, money, crisis and reform -- Military organization and hierarchy -- Military recruitment and ethnic composition -- Settling soldiers -- Soldiers and officers in the Egyptian countryside -- Priests in the Army : a politico-ideological explanation -- The Army and Egyptian temple-building
N2  - "This is the only substantial and up-to-date reference work on the Ptolemaic army. Employing Greek and Egyptian papyri and inscriptions, and building on approaches developed in state-formation theory, it offers a coherent account of how the changing structures of the army in Egypt after Alexander's conquest led to the development of an ethnically more integrated society. A new tripartite division of Ptolemaic history challenges the idea of gradual decline, and emphasizes the reshaping of military structures that took place between c.220 and c.160 BC in response to changes in the nature of warfare, mobilization and demobilization, and financial constraints. An investigation of the socio-economic role played by soldiers permits a reassessment of the cleruchic system and shows how soldiers' associations generated interethnic group solidarity. By integrating Egyptian evidence, Christelle Fischer-Bovet also demonstrates that the connection between the army and local temples offered new ways for Greeks and Egyptians to interact"--
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