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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511325403321

Titolo

Brill's companion to insurgency and terrorism in the ancient Mediterranean / / edited by Timothy Howe and Lee L. Brice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-28473-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Collana

Brill's Companions to Classical Studies: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World, , 2452-1493 ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

355.02/180937

Soggetti

Insurgency - History - To 1500

Terrorism - History - To 1500

Insurgency

Terrorism

Electronic books.

Mediterranean Region History, Military To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient World, Grounding the Discussion / Lee L. Brice -- 2 Insurgency and Terror in Mesopotamia / Seth Richardson -- 3 Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Assyrian Empire during the Late Eighth Century bce / Sarah C. Melville -- 4 Fourth Century Revolts against Persia: The Test Case of Sidon (348–345 bce) / Josef Wiesehöfer -- 5 Spartan State Terror: Violence, Humiliation, and the Reinforcement of Social Boundaries in Classical Sparta / Ellen G. Millender -- 6 Alexander and “Afghan Insurgency\': A Reassessment / Timothy Howe -- 7 Insurgency in Ptolemaic Egypt / Paul Johstono -- 8 Insurgency or State Terrorism? The Hispanic Wars in the Second Century bce / Francisco Marco Simón -- 9 Roman Counterinsurgency Policy and Practice in Judaea / Frank Russell -- 10 From Batavian Revolt to Rhenish Insurgency / Brian Turner -- 11 Gallic Insurgencies? Annihilating the Bagaudae / J. Grant Couper -- 12 Epilogue: Looking Ahead / Jonathan



P. Roth -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Brill's Companion to Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient Mediterranean , Tim Howe and Lee Brice challenge the view that these forms of conflict are specifically modern phenomena by offering an historical perspective that exposes readers to the ways insurgency movements and terror tactics were common elements of conflict in antiquity. Assembling original research on insurgency and terrorism in various regions including, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Central Asia, Persia, Egypt, Judea, and the Roman Empire, they provide a deep historical context for understanding these terms, demonstrate the usefulness of insurgency and terrorism as concepts for analysing ancient Mediterranean behavior, and point the way toward future research.