From the end of the 5th century before J.-C. the mercenaries reappeared in the Western Mediterranean, in particular in the greek cities of Sicily. During the two following centuries, the mercenary service made remarkably great strides on the island as in Carthage. This development was in fact supported by several factors of different nature as "imperialists" policies of Syracuse and Carthage in Sicily, or the tyranny which was restored in Syracuse from the end of the 5th century. The mercenary service quickly became an effective means of territorial control for the punic and syracusan empires: the mercenaries were solicited to occupy the zones of the border where they could sometimes settle in a final way. The mercenary service was also at ...
Greek mercenaries were widespread in the Mediterranean in the Archaic and Classical periods. This th...
Esparta fue el primer Estado griego en hacer un uso masivo de mercenarios extranjeros. Al mismo tiem...
The article analyses the phenomenon of mercenalism, it focuses on the historical background and the ...
From the end of the 5th century before J.-C. the mercenaries reappeared in the Western Mediterranean...
The history of fourth-century Sicily is often associated with the issue of mercenary service which k...
This paper explores the reasons why employers hired mercenaries in the Classical Greek World of the ...
The place of mercenaries in pre-modern armies is not typically looked upon as a positive. Authors fr...
The term Gaesatae mentioned in ancient texts continues to be the object of differing interpretations...
The story of the mercenary armies of Carthage is one of incompetence and disaster, followed by cleve...
International audienceIn 241 BC, mercenaries stationed in Sardinia rebelled against Carthage. Taking...
Este artículo pretende llevar a cabo una reflexión teórica del papel que el mercenariado griego tuvo...
International audienceSince the nineteenth century, the mercenary hypothesis has often served to und...
Rome, victorious in the Punic Wars, whose army was organised on an essentially civic basis, was in c...
In the middle olf the lll century B.C. mercenary soldiers are at the beginning of many military conf...
The thesis investigates the presence of mercenaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, specifically in Eg...
Greek mercenaries were widespread in the Mediterranean in the Archaic and Classical periods. This th...
Esparta fue el primer Estado griego en hacer un uso masivo de mercenarios extranjeros. Al mismo tiem...
The article analyses the phenomenon of mercenalism, it focuses on the historical background and the ...
From the end of the 5th century before J.-C. the mercenaries reappeared in the Western Mediterranean...
The history of fourth-century Sicily is often associated with the issue of mercenary service which k...
This paper explores the reasons why employers hired mercenaries in the Classical Greek World of the ...
The place of mercenaries in pre-modern armies is not typically looked upon as a positive. Authors fr...
The term Gaesatae mentioned in ancient texts continues to be the object of differing interpretations...
The story of the mercenary armies of Carthage is one of incompetence and disaster, followed by cleve...
International audienceIn 241 BC, mercenaries stationed in Sardinia rebelled against Carthage. Taking...
Este artículo pretende llevar a cabo una reflexión teórica del papel que el mercenariado griego tuvo...
International audienceSince the nineteenth century, the mercenary hypothesis has often served to und...
Rome, victorious in the Punic Wars, whose army was organised on an essentially civic basis, was in c...
In the middle olf the lll century B.C. mercenary soldiers are at the beginning of many military conf...
The thesis investigates the presence of mercenaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, specifically in Eg...
Greek mercenaries were widespread in the Mediterranean in the Archaic and Classical periods. This th...
Esparta fue el primer Estado griego en hacer un uso masivo de mercenarios extranjeros. Al mismo tiem...
The article analyses the phenomenon of mercenalism, it focuses on the historical background and the ...