Hellenistic Infantry Reform in the 160s BC Book

Abbreviations     9
List of Figures in Text     13
Introduction     15
Military Reform in the Ptolemaic Army     17
The Structure of the Early Ptolemaic Army     17
The Lefebvre Stele from Hermopolis     21
The Ptolemaic Maniple and its Officers     29
The Under-Officers of the Ptolemaic Maniple     36
The Ptolemaic Infantry Regiment     43
The Ptolemaic Infantry Regiment in the First Century     52
The Author of the Reform     57
Evidence Concerning Higher Formations     62
The Stele of Dionysios the Bithynian     65
The Tombstone of Salmas of Adada     68
The Itanos Stele     71
The Malcove Fragments     74
The Kasr el Harit Shield     80
Conclusion     83
The Evidence for Reform in the Seleucid Army     84
The Daphne Parade     84
The Roman-Armed Infantry in the Daphne Parade     86
The Seleucid Phalanx at the Daphne Parade     90
The Strength of 5,000 and the Date of the Reform     95
The Seleucid Army at Beth-Zacharia     98
Higher organization of the Seleucid Infantry     100
The NippurTerracotta     106
Conclusion     113
General Conclusions     115
Appendices     117
The Evidence for Roman Influence on Hellenistic Armies before the Third Macedonian War     117
The Taktika of Poseidonius of Apameia     125
The Date of the 'Soldiers' Tomb' at Sidon     135
The Military Intervention of Philometor in Syria     136
Stylistic Considerations     138
The Politeuma     139
The Office of Hegemon ep' Andron     141
The Chronological Evidence Given by the Ethnics     143
The Stele of Dioskourides     146
Conclusions     148
The Date and Purpose of the Daphne Parade     150
Polybius on Antiochus IV     159
The Kampyr-Tepe Terracotta     173
Late Hellenistic Armies     176
Bibliography     180