ID - 610475 TI - Army and society in Ptolemaic Egypt PY - 2014 VL - *1 SN - 9781107007758 1107007755 9781139035231 1108707807 1316010163 1139989545 1316005666 131600340X 1139035231 1316012409 1316001164 9781316003404 9781316010167 PB - Cambridge, England DB - UniCat KW - Ancient history KW - Antiquity KW - Egypt KW - Forces armées KW - Armies KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. KW - Aspect social KW - History. KW - History KW - Sociology, Military KW - Armies. KW - Sociology, Military. KW - Gesellschaft. KW - Militär. KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, KW - Egypt. KW - To 1500. KW - Ägypten. KW - History, Military KW - Military sociology KW - Armed Forces KW - Peace KW - War KW - War and society KW - Army KW - Military power KW - مصر. KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, 305 B.C.-30 B.C. KW - Égypte KW - Ägypten KW - Egitto KW - Egipet KW - Egiptos KW - Miṣr KW - Southern Region (United Arab Republic) KW - Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) KW - Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) KW - Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) KW - Egipat KW - Arab Republic of Egypt KW - A.R.E. KW - ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) KW - Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah KW - Mitsrayim KW - Egipt KW - Ijiptʻŭ KW - Misri KW - Ancient Egypt KW - Gouvernement royal égyptien KW - جمهورية مصر العربية KW - مِصر KW - مَصر KW - Maṣr KW - Khēmi KW - エジプト KW - Ejiputo KW - Egypti KW - Egypten KW - מצרים KW - United Arab Republic KW - Egyptian Army KW - Egyptian Ground Forces KW - Jaysh al-Miṣrī KW - Qūwwāt al-Baḥrīyah al-Miṣrīyah KW - جيش المصري KW - قوات البرية المصرية KW - Forces armées UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:610475 AB - This 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. ER -