Brill's companion to war in the ancient Iranian empires / edited by John Hyland, Khodadad Rezakhani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hyland, John O., 1977- editor.

Rezakhani, Khodadad, editor.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Brill's companions in classical studies. Warfare in the ancient Mediterranean world ; v. 9.

Brill's companions in classical studies. Warfare in the ancient Mediterranean world, 2452-1493 ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran--History, Military.

Iran.

Iran--History--To 640.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 682 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Contents:

War and peace in ancient Iran : ideologies, structures, and practice / John Hyland and Khodadad Rezakhani

Like a raining cloud : archery as the pillar of Elamite warfare / Javier Álvarez-Mon and Yasmina Wicks

War and ideology in Achaemenid Persia / Eduard Rung

The grand strategy of Achaemenid Persia, 539-331 BCE / Jenn Finn

The Achaemenid military system and its campaign logistics / John Hyland

The Persian way of war : infantry tactics in the Achaemenid Empire / Jeffrey Rop

Achaemenid diplomacy in historical perspective / Daniel Beckman

Impact of empire : aspects of warfare in Babylonia, Achaemenid to Parthian periods / Reinhard Pirngruber

Alexander and the Iranian satraps in war and peace / Waldemar Heckel

The military organisation of the upper satrapies under the Seleucids / Omar Coloru

Patricide, fratricide, and betrayal : the role of Parthia in the first war with Rome / Nikolaus Overtoom

The Arsacids vs. Rome (first to third centuries CE) : observations on Parthian tactics and warfare / Leonardo Gregoratti

Parthia, Rome, and the horizons of ancient diplomacy / Jake Nabel

Early Sasanian expansion and military institutions / Katarzyna Maksymiuk

Cavalry arms and armour from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians : iconography and methods of reconstruction / Patryk Skupniewicz and Katarzyna Maksymiuk

Peroz and the Hephthalites ... and the Kidarites, Alkhans, and Sasanians : warfare, diplomacy, and the complexity of the Sasanian East in the fifth century / Robert Haug

Persian-Roman diplomacy in the fifth century / Craig Morley

Kavad I, Khosrow I, and the wars with the Roman Empire / Henning Börm

The first great war of the Middle Ages : the Sasanian conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean (602-630 CE) as a background to the Islamic Futūḥāt / Khodadad Rezakhani

Epilogue : the evolution of the ancient Iranian army / Touraj Daryaee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record, digital images.

Other Format:

Print version: Hyland, John Brill's Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires

ISBN:

9789004710771

9004710779

Publisher Number:

40032601227

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