Neu im Angebot

Armée lagide et interactions culturelles

Nouvelles sources, nouvelles approches. Actes de la journée d'études de Lyon (17 novembre 2022). Édités par Dan Dana et Csaba A. La'da.

This volume provides 12 contributions (seven in French, four in English and one in German) that represent various approaches to the social and cultural history of the Ptolemaic army from the first Lagid kings to Cleopatra VII. Some recent discoveries, both papyrological and archaeological, as well as new research on the surviving evidence in Greek and Demotic, shed new light on the military milieus of the Ptolemaic Empire. The studies combine a wide range of sources and approaches that add new perspectives on military control, the evolution of the judical and administrative system, and the socio-cultural relations between Hellenophone immigrants and natives in the Ptolemaic armed forces, which remains the most visible and dynamically growing aspect of the Lagid kingdom, a veritable "laboratory of mutations" of the Hellenistic world. The different topics covered in this volume include the system of cleruchic cavalry (military registers, horse training and competitions), the road network and mining in the Eastern Desert presenting a model of occupation very different from the Roman type, the social history of cleruchs (marriage strategies and identification of soldiers in Demotic sources), the evolution of one of the largest, but not yet sufficiently studied, immigrant communities in Hellenistic Egypt, the Thracians, and the much-discussed question of the fiscal aspects of the military. X,245 Seiten mit 21 Abb. und 20 Tab., broschiert (Philippika - Altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen/Contributions to the Study of Ancient World Cultures; Band 185/Harrassowitz Verlag 2026) leichte Lagerspuren/unused, minor shelfwear