This book provides a detailed picture of the life of these Greek
mercenaries, analyzing who they were and from what section of
society they came. It explores their motivations, their
relationships and connections, both with each other and those with
whom they served, and shows how mercenaries were recruited, paid
and maintained.
Matthew Trundle reviews a variety of evidence, including
Xenophon's detailed account of how over ten thousand Greeks tried
and failed to establish the Persian prince Cyrus on his brother's
Imperial throne, the fragments of a fourth century play about the
first ever soldier of fortune, and inscriptions prohibiting
Athenians from taking service with their neighbours.
The result is a fresh look at the significance of mercenaries in
ancient Greek society, economy and politics, and their part in the
process that shaped the great Empire of Alexander the Great and the
Hellenistic world.
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