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Macedonian Armies after Alexander, 323-168 BC by Nicholas Sekunda, Peter Dennis

By Nicholas Sekunda, Peter Dennis

The demise of Alexander the nice in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there has been no able inheritor, and no transparent successor one of the senior figures in Alexander's circle. preliminary makes an attempt to maintain the team spirit of Alexander's conquests gave solution to a interval of bloody and lengthy conflict (322-275 BC), and the break-up of this glittering yet short-term empire.Macedonia, the heartland of Alexander's dominions, was once governed first by means of the heirs of Antipater, Alexander's regent, after which by way of the descendents of Alexander's common Antigonus I Monophthalmus ('the One-Eyed'). For good over a century the principally mercenary armies of Alexander's successors imposed their effect in issues of army dress, equipment, doctrine and strategies over the full of the close to East, whereas soaking up neighborhood army practices.After Rome's decisive defeat of Carthage in 202 BC and the following Roman dominance over the Western Mediterranean, Macedonia got here lower than expanding strain from the Romans. 3 wars among the 2 powers culminated within the Roman victory at Pydna in 168 BC, which marked the ultimate destruction of Alexander's empire and tested Roman authority over the close to East.Drawing upon a wide range of archaeological and written resources and written through a famous authority at the Hellenistic interval, this survey of the service provider, conflict heritage and visual appeal of the armies of Alexander's successors is lavishly illustrated with especially commissioned full-colour paintings. it really is a necessary source for all these attracted to the advance of war within the jap Mediterranean and close to East within the turbulent centuries following the loss of life of Alexander.

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Its outer surface would also have been sheet bronze, decorated with the geometric patterns of the ‘Macedonian’ shield. Happily, the inside of the peltƝ is seen here, faced in white leather, and it shows how the shield was held. Three leather strap-handles are attached to the back of the shield. The first is held together with the pike-shaft, by the index finger of the left hand. The second handle, passing over the left forearm just above the wrist, runs vertically across the middle of the shield, in the form of a leather strap about an inch across and 8in long; it is attached asymmetrically, from just above the shield’s centre to just above the bottom.

The Macedonian royal house claimed descent from the Argive hero Perseus; henceforward Philip identified closely with his divine ancestor, after whom he named his first son. After his experiences in Argos, Philip wore a helmet recalling the shape of a kausia, adorned with the lappets of the Persian hood normally seen in depictions of Perseus, and with the horns of a ram. 2). This states that in 208 BC, during a raid on Sikyon, he was dashed against a tree by his charging horse, and broke off one of the two horns of his helmet.

G1 is an officer of the Macedonian guard cavalry regiment. He is obviously the more important and perhaps the elder of the two brothers, and may be Lyson – whose remains occupied the central niche in the north wall, and who is mentioned first in the dedicatory inscription. We have given him cavalry boots, a red tunic, and a saffron-yellow cloak with purple border and corner weights, appropriate for his regiment. The fact that the cavalry helmet is yellow (with a red stripe) confirms the regimental identification.

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