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Ancient Mercenaries

Ancient Mercenaries is a historical construct denoting professional combatants in the context of ancient warfare who offered military service to foreign or non-natal polities primarily for material compensation rather than ideological allegiance or civic duty.

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111

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2017–2026

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Publications

52

Elegiacs by Gallus from Qaṣr Ibrîm

Robert D. Anderson, P. J. Parsons, R. G. M. Nisbet · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1979 · 315 citations

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The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World

Jakob A. O. Larsen, G. T. Griffith · The American Historical Review · 1936 · 254 citations

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A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions to the End of the Fifth Century B. C.

Michael H. Jameson, Russell Meiggs, David L. Lewis · The American Journal of Philology · 1972 · 243 citations

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A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions to the End of the Fifth Century B. C.

Malcolm F. McGregor, Russell Meiggs, David Lewis · Phoenix · 1970 · 214 citations

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Greek Mercenary Soldiers from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus

E. S. McCartney, H. W. Parke · The Classical Weekly · 1933 · 131 citations

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Authors

111

  1. WN
    Wolf‐Dietrich Niemeier

    American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  2. SV
    Stefano Vassallo

    University of Northern Colorado, United States

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  3. LJ
    Laurie J. Reitsema

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  4. BK
    Britney Kyle

    University of Northern Colorado, United States

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  5. KL
    Katherine L. Reinberger

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 106 citations

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Institutions

38

  1. University of Northern Colorado

    Greeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  3. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    300 citations

  4. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  5. Museum of the History of Science

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Max Planck - Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean

    Jena, Germany

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    264 citations

  8. University of Palermo

    Palermo, Italy

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    264 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 309 citations

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  2. The Journal of Hellenic Studies

    6 publications · 533 citations

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  3. Tel Aviv

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  4. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 2 publications · 299 citations

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  5. Klio

    2 publications · 94 citations

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