Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Alexander’s Life and Career
- Part II Contexts
- 9 Macedonia
- 10 Kingship
- 11 Court and Companions
- 12 Changes and Challenges at Alexander’s Court
- 13 The Women of Alexander’s Court
- 14 Religion
- 15 Army and Warfare
- 16 Alexander’s Modern Military Reputation
- 17 Finance and Coinage
- 18 The Administration of Alexander’s Empire
- 19 Geography, Science and Knowledge of the World
- Part III The Historical and Biographical Tradition
- Part IV The Ancient World’s Memory of Alexander
- Alexander’s Timeline 356–321 BC
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
15 - Army and Warfare
from Part II - Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Alexander’s Life and Career
- Part II Contexts
- 9 Macedonia
- 10 Kingship
- 11 Court and Companions
- 12 Changes and Challenges at Alexander’s Court
- 13 The Women of Alexander’s Court
- 14 Religion
- 15 Army and Warfare
- 16 Alexander’s Modern Military Reputation
- 17 Finance and Coinage
- 18 The Administration of Alexander’s Empire
- 19 Geography, Science and Knowledge of the World
- Part III The Historical and Biographical Tradition
- Part IV The Ancient World’s Memory of Alexander
- Alexander’s Timeline 356–321 BC
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Summary
Thanks to the career of Alexander the Great, Macedonia has become synonymous with military innovation and territorial conquest. The question of how he was able to accomplish this has been explored in detail by generations of scholars, and an exhaustive list of works explore this topic, by scholars including Heckel, Hatzopoulo, Karunanithy, Sekunda, Heckel, Bosworth, Engels and Fuller. This chapter outlines key elements of Alexander’s army and tactics to develop a discussion about some of the fundamental shifts he brought onto the battlefield and how they reflect aspects of Macedonian identity.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great , pp. 243 - 255Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024