Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:05 pm
For good or bad, my doctoral dissertation on the armies of the Achaemenids is now available for download at http://diglib.uibk.ac.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:1-30064
I do not have much to say about the armies of Artaxerxes III and Darius III, because the sources are so poor, but I do have one question where the Alexander historians here could help. I lean pretty heavily on a quote by Ernst Badian who says something very hard to defend about Achaemenid armies. If you know of any similar statements by other eminent historians, I will be able to spread the blame when the dissertation becomes a book!
I do not know the modern literature on Alexander very well, there is too much of it and I would rather focus on knowing more sources (I still want to read up on poor Heremeias!)
I do not have much to say about the armies of Artaxerxes III and Darius III, because the sources are so poor, but I do have one question where the Alexander historians here could help. I lean pretty heavily on a quote by Ernst Badian who says something very hard to defend about Achaemenid armies. If you know of any similar statements by other eminent historians, I will be able to spread the blame when the dissertation becomes a book!
I do not know the modern literature on Alexander very well, there is too much of it and I would rather focus on knowing more sources (I still want to read up on poor Heremeias!)