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The Persian Army 560–330 BC

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The Persian Army 560–330 BC

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The Persian Empire grew in the vacuum left by Assyria's destruction of the Kingdom of Elam (648 BC). Prince Teispes captured Anshan, once a stonghold of the Elamites. His father, Achaemenes is the person who is apparently responsible for training and organising the early Persian army and it is his name that is the beginning of the royal line of Achaemenian Kings. It is a dynasty which includes Darius the Great – the finest ruler of the Achaemenid era. The army he commanded included the infamous 'Immortals', who formed the elite of the Persian army, their numbers always kept to exactly 10,000 men.

Table of Contents

The Persian Army 560-330 BC
The Persian National Army
Darius the Great
War in the West
4th Century Setbacks and Reforms

Product details

Published Sep 25 1992
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781855322509
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 55 b/w; 10 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Elite
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Nicholas Sekunda

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