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361: 366: 356: 371: 337: 177:. While the Seleucids clearly heavily used phalanxes in their wars, if a separate corps was meant by Polybius with the reference to 217: 52: 97:
and also fought as a phalanx, or they might be a term for non-Macedonian allies and mercenaries who used wooden
205: 186: 325: 275: 128:. Plutarch records 1,200 wagons filled with bronze shields taken as spoils after the Roman victory at the 113: 34: 165: 117: 56: 44: 333: 152: 129: 121: 109: 320:. Studies on the History of Ancient and Medieval Art of Warfare, v. 5. Oficyna Naukowa. 301: 193: 170: 156: 125: 25: 350: 163:, in 165 BCE. The Seleucid phalanx seems to have been formed into two corps: 10,000 148: 229: 182: 81: 40: 201: 144: 79:. They may have been supplemented by another Antigonid force called the 160: 98: 64: 60: 181:, little else is known specifically about that corps. A reference in 213: 75: 69: 85:("White Shields") when more manpower was necessary, although the 143:
is found in other Hellenistic armies, as well. The historian
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Military units and formations of the Hellenistic world
89:are less well-attested to in ancient sources. The 332:. Akanthina No. 8. Gdańsk: University of Gdańsk. 120:in 222 BC. These units fought in the various 8: 318:Hellenistic Infantry Reform in the 160's BC 63:who fought in phalanx formation using long 173:: Χρυσάσπιδες "Golden Shields") and 5,000 367:Infantry units and formations of Macedon 185:refers to bronze shields present at the 132:in 168 BC, presumably from the defeated 263: 251: 241: 196:'s phalanx are also sometimes called 7: 16:Term for a Macedonian-style phalanx 357:Ancient Greek military terminology 93:may have been very similar to the 51:was the main phalanx force of the 14: 316:Sekunda, Nicholas Victor (2001). 147:records a military parade by the 47:. The most notable group called 101:shields rather than the bronze 1: 286:Plutarch, Life of Sulla, 16.7 67:and bronze shields, either a 372:Ancient Greek infantry types 116:as "Bronze Shields" for the 388: 53:Antigonid Macedonian army 29: 326:Sekunda, Nicholas Victor 311:Sulla, c. 16 & c. 19 206:Mithridates VI of Pontus 187:Battle of Beth Zechariah 307:Aemilius Paullus, c. 20 112:armed the citizens of 208:fielding a corps of 254:, pp. 108–127. 218:Battle of Chaeronea 330:The Antigonid Army 59:. The group were 57:Hellenistic period 45:Macedonian phalanx 339:978-83-7531-266-9 118:Sellasia campaign 38: 379: 343: 321: 287: 284: 278: 276:1 Maccabees 6:39 273: 267: 261: 255: 249: 33: 31: 387: 386: 382: 381: 380: 378: 377: 376: 347: 346: 340: 324: 315: 296: 291: 290: 285: 281: 274: 270: 262: 258: 250: 243: 238: 226: 153:Seleucid Empire 130:Battle of Pydna 122:Macedonian Wars 110:Antigonus Doson 17: 12: 11: 5: 385: 383: 375: 374: 369: 364: 359: 349: 348: 345: 344: 338: 322: 313: 302:Parallel Lives 295: 292: 289: 288: 279: 268: 256: 240: 239: 237: 234: 233: 232: 225: 222: 194:Achaean League 159:, a suburb of 126:Roman Republic 43:to refer to a 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 384: 373: 370: 368: 365: 363: 360: 358: 355: 354: 352: 341: 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 314: 312: 308: 304: 303: 298: 297: 293: 283: 280: 277: 272: 269: 266:, p. 91. 265: 260: 257: 253: 248: 246: 242: 235: 231: 228: 227: 223: 221: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 190: 189:in 162 BC. 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 167: 162: 158: 154: 150: 149:Seleucid army 146: 142: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 106: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 83: 78: 77: 72: 71: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 36: 27: 23: 22: 329: 317: 310: 306: 300: 294:Bibliography 282: 271: 264:Sekunda 2001 259: 252:Sekunda 2013 230:Argyraspides 210:chalkaspides 209: 198:chalkaspides 197: 191: 179:chalkaspides 178: 175:Chalkaspides 174: 166:Chrysaspides 164: 141:Chalkaspides 140: 138: 134:chalkaspides 133: 124:against the 107: 102: 95:chalkaspides 94: 90: 86: 80: 74: 68: 49:chalkaspides 48: 21:Chalkaspides 20: 19: 18: 183:1 Maccabees 114:Megalopolis 91:leukaspides 87:leukaspides 82:Leukaspides 41:Koine Greek 30:Χαλκάσπιδες 351:Categories 299:Plutarch. 236:References 220:(86 BCE). 204:writes of 139:The term 328:(2013). 224:See also 212:against 202:Plutarch 145:Polybius 65:sarissas 61:hoplites 216:at the 161:Antioch 151:of the 99:thyreos 55:in the 37:  336:  157:Daphne 73:or an 214:Sulla 171:Greek 108:King 103:pelta 76:aspis 70:pelta 26:Greek 334:ISBN 192:The 35:lit. 305:. 155:at 353:: 309:, 244:^ 200:. 136:. 105:. 32:, 28:: 342:. 169:( 24:(

Index

Greek
lit.
Koine Greek
Macedonian phalanx
Antigonid Macedonian army
Hellenistic period
hoplites
sarissas
pelta
aspis
Leukaspides
thyreos
Antigonus Doson
Megalopolis
Sellasia campaign
Macedonian Wars
Roman Republic
Battle of Pydna
Polybius
Seleucid army
Seleucid Empire
Daphne
Antioch
Chrysaspides
Greek
1 Maccabees
Battle of Beth Zechariah
Achaean League
Plutarch
Mithridates VI of Pontus

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