02-17-2009, 02:20 AM
It's a good book on Ptolemaic Egypt, but it features very little about the military beyond the socio-economic activities of cleruchs. The only real portion of interest to the reader interested in the military is the section on Thracians in Ptolemaic Egypt, which discusses briefly a very interesting papyrus which mentions a couple of members of the Basilike Ile, or royal squadron; this is of particular interest not only because this is the first mention found of this squadron outside of the literary sources, but also because its two members, contrary to what you'd think, are Thracians and not Macedonians.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
