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      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      21 May 2024
      09 May 2024
      ISBN:
      9781009408967
      9781009408981
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      (229 x 152 mm)
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      0.54kg, 276 Pages
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    Book description

    This book explains the military and economic developments that engulfed the ancient Mediterranean in the late Classical and early Hellenistic periods from the perspective of labour history. It examines the changing nature of military service in the vast armies of Philip and Alexander, the Successors, and the early Hellenistic kingdoms and argues that the paid soldiers who staffed them were not just 'mercenaries', but rather the Greek world's first large-scale instance of wage labour. Using a wide range of sources, Charlotte Van Regenmortel not only offers a detailed social history of military service in these armies but also provides a novel explanation for the economic transformation of the Hellenistic age, positioning military wage-labourers as the driving force behind the period's nascent market economies. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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    Contents

    • Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies
      pp i-ii
    • Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies - Title page
      pp iii-iii
    • Copyright page
      pp iv-iv
    • Dedication
      pp v-vi
    • Contents
      pp vii-viii
    • List of Tables
      pp ix-ix
    • Acknowledgements
      pp x-xii
    • Note on Transliteration and Translation
      pp xiii-xiii
    • Chronology
      pp xiv-xvii
    • Abbreviations
      pp xviii-xix
    • List of Maps
      pp xx-xx
    • Maps
      pp xxi-xxiv
    • Introduction
      pp 1-7
    • Chapter 1 - Contextualizing Paid Military Service
      pp 8-30
    • Chapter 2 - The Concept of Wage Labour
      pp 31-49
    • Chapter 3 - Enlistment and Terms of Service
      pp 50-100
    • Chapter 4 - Forms of Remuneration and Standards of Living
      pp 101-142
    • Chapter 5 - The Military Labour Market
      pp 143-166
    • Chapter 6 - Military Wage Labour and the Hellenistic Economies
      pp 167-186
    • Conclusion
      pp 187-196
    • Epigraphic Dossier
      pp 197-216
    • Bibliography
      pp 217-243
    • Index
      pp 244-250

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