The Seleucid army : organization and tactics in the great campaigns /

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,...

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Main Author: Bar-Kochva, Bezalel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Series:Cambridge classical studies.
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505 0 |a Organization. The numerical strength of the Seleucid armies ; Sources of manpower (The military settlements ; The national contingents) ; The regular army (Heavy infantry ; Cavalry ; Elephants and chariots) ; The command : king, stratēgoi and other officers ; Training and discipline -- The army in action. Seleucus I at Ipsus (301 B.C.) ; Against Demetrius at Cyrrhestica (285 B.C.) ; The victory over Molon (220 B.C.) ; The storming of the Porphyrion pass (218 B.C.) ; The battle of Raphia (217 B.C.) ; The crossing of the Elburz range (210 B.C.) ; The battle of Panion (200 B.C.) ; The defence of Thermopylae (191 B.C.) ; The battle of Magnesia (190 B.C.) ; The march to Beith-Zacharia (162 B.C.) ; Bacchides against Judas Maccabaeus at Elasa (160 B.C.). 
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