Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Organization: 1. The numerical strength of the Seleucid armies; 2. Sources of manpower; 3. The regular army; 4. The command - King stratēgoi and other officers; 5. Training and discipline; Part II. The Army in Action: 6. Seleucus I at Ipsus (301 BC); 7. Against Demetrius at Cyrrestica (285 BC); 8. The victory over Molon (220 BC); 9. The storming of the Porphyrion pass (218 BC); 10. The battle of Raphia (217 BC); 11. The crossing of the Elburz range (210 BC); 12. The battle of Panion (200 BC); 13. The defence of Thermopylae (191 BC); 14. The battle of Magnesia (190 BC); 15. The march to Beith-Zacharia (162 BC); 16. Bacchides against Judas Maccabaeus at Elasa (160 BC); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Addenda; Index.

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A 1976 study of the organization and tactics of the Seleucid armies from 312 to 129 BC.