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020			_a9781139035231 (ebook)
020			_z9781107007758 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aDT92 _b.F58 2014
082	0	0	_a355.00932/09014 _223
100	1		_aFischer-Bovet, Christelle, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aArmy and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt / _cChristelle Fischer-Bovet.
246	3		_aArmy & Society in Ptolemaic Egypt
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (474 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
490	0		_aArmies of the Ancient World
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis 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.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107007758
830		0	_aArmies of the Ancient World.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139035231
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37055 _d37055