Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Organization
1. The numerical strength of the Seleucid armies
2. Sources of manpower
3. The regular army
4. The command - King strat?goi and other officers
5. Training and discipline
Part II. The Army in Action
6. Seleucus I at Ipsus (301 BC)
7. Against Demetrius at Cyrrestica (285 BC)
8. The victory over Molon (220 BC)
9. The storming of the Porphyrion pass (218 BC)
10. The battle of Raphia (217 BC)
11. The crossing of the Elburz range (210 BC)
12. The battle of Panion (200 BC)
13. The defence of Thermopylae (191 BC)
14. The battle of Magnesia (190 BC)
15. The march to Beith-Zacharia (162 BC)
16. Bacchides against Judas Maccabaeus at Elasa (160 BC)
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Addenda
Index