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, training and
discipline. The second part reconstructs the great campaigns in
order to examine the Seleucid tactics. The book provides a lesson
in Hellenistic and military history and discusses several
questions: how did the Hellenistic armies develop after Alexander?
What distinguished the Seleucid army as superior to its Hellenistic
contemporaries? The answers illuminate the expansion of Hellenism
as we learn how the Seleucid army was used as a military, social
and cultural instrument to impose the rule of the dynasty over the
vast regions of the Empire and how it helped to shape Hellenistic
society in the East.
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