Esparta fue el primer Estado griego en hacer un uso masivo de mercenarios extranjeros. Al mismo tiempo, a nivel interno recurre al servicio militar de los hilotas, que alcanzarán la libertad pero no la ciudadanía. Ambos desarrollos se relacionan con el esfuerzo militar continuo exigido por el proyecto de construcción imperial espartano. Por otro lado, muchos lacedemonios que no pertenecían a la clase dominante de los homoioi pero que, sin embargo, habían sido adiestrados en el uso de armas, abandonaron Esparta para trabajar como soldados de fortuna aprovechando las posibilidades que la influencia del imperio ofrecía en varias regiones de importancia geoestratégica, lo cual suponía una especie de válvula de escape que aliviara la tensión soc...
Thucydides mentions some forms of manumission, without describing them. Almost all refer to Sparta a...
Almost a decade after the conclusion of Pelopormesian War, Corinth broke their tradicional policy of...
In the middle olf the lll century B.C. mercenary soldiers are at the beginning of many military conf...
Sparta was the first Greek state to make massive use of foreign mercenaries. At the same time, domes...
This paper explores the reasons why employers hired mercenaries in the Classical Greek World of the ...
Tras la derrota de Atenas en la Guerra del Peloponeso, se constata la pérdida de equilibrio político...
After the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War, it is confirmed the loss of military-political ...
The history of fourth-century Sicily is often associated with the issue of mercenary service which k...
Este artículo pretende llevar a cabo una reflexión teórica del papel que el mercenariado griego tuvo...
RESUMEN: La acepción del término mercenario tuvo en el estado Lacedemonio en el transcurso del siglo...
From the end of the 5th century before J.-C. the mercenaries reappeared in the Western Mediterranean...
The two Messenian wars, culminating in the Spartan conquest of the fertile neighboring region of Mes...
Until the end of the 18th century the Spartans were the main model and referent of Greek Antiquity i...
War can be considered a central element in the Hellenistic civilization, for economic, strategic or ...
[EN] War has always been one of humanity´s “favourite” activities. Ancient societies of Greece were ...
Thucydides mentions some forms of manumission, without describing them. Almost all refer to Sparta a...
Almost a decade after the conclusion of Pelopormesian War, Corinth broke their tradicional policy of...
In the middle olf the lll century B.C. mercenary soldiers are at the beginning of many military conf...
Sparta was the first Greek state to make massive use of foreign mercenaries. At the same time, domes...
This paper explores the reasons why employers hired mercenaries in the Classical Greek World of the ...
Tras la derrota de Atenas en la Guerra del Peloponeso, se constata la pérdida de equilibrio político...
After the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War, it is confirmed the loss of military-political ...
The history of fourth-century Sicily is often associated with the issue of mercenary service which k...
Este artículo pretende llevar a cabo una reflexión teórica del papel que el mercenariado griego tuvo...
RESUMEN: La acepción del término mercenario tuvo en el estado Lacedemonio en el transcurso del siglo...
From the end of the 5th century before J.-C. the mercenaries reappeared in the Western Mediterranean...
The two Messenian wars, culminating in the Spartan conquest of the fertile neighboring region of Mes...
Until the end of the 18th century the Spartans were the main model and referent of Greek Antiquity i...
War can be considered a central element in the Hellenistic civilization, for economic, strategic or ...
[EN] War has always been one of humanity´s “favourite” activities. Ancient societies of Greece were ...
Thucydides mentions some forms of manumission, without describing them. Almost all refer to Sparta a...
Almost a decade after the conclusion of Pelopormesian War, Corinth broke their tradicional policy of...
In the middle olf the lll century B.C. mercenary soldiers are at the beginning of many military conf...