Cosmo Rodewald, who died in 2002, was Senior Lecturer in the History Department at Manchester University. This collection of essays is offered by former colleagues, pupils and admirers of Cosmo, as a 'garland to his memory'. Their writings range across the Greek and Roman worlds: Xenophon the Rhetor (Anthony Keen), The Rein and the Spur, Theopomus and Ephorus (David Whitehead), The Episode of Sphodrias as a source for Spartan Social History (Stephen Hodkinson), Plato's Anachronisms (John Graham), The Phokian Hierosylia at Delphi: Quantities and Consequences (John Davies), Q. Fabius Pictor: was he an annalist? (Simon Northwood), Polybius, Livy and the Disaster in the Macedonian House (John Briscoe), Sejanus: his fall (Anthony Birley), Observations on the inner faces of some auxiliary diplomas from the reign of Antoninus Pius (Paul Holder), Notes on Ammianus Marcellinus XVIII (Robin Seager), Arthur, Joshua and the Israelites: history and its purposes in early ninth-century Wales (Nick Higham); and biographical and tributary papers by Alastar Jackson, Nick Sekunda and Victor Sayer. Table of Contents Preface (Nicholas Sekunda); Cosmoe Rodewald 1915-2002: A brief biography (Alastar Jackson and Nicholas Sekunda); Cosmo Rodewald at Manchester University 1947-1976 (Alastar Jackson); Cosmo Rodewald’s philanthropy (Victor Sayer and Nicholas Sekunda); Xenophon the rhetor (Anthony Keen and Nicholas Sekunda); The rein and the spur (David Whitehead); The episode of Sphodrias as a source for Spartan social history (Stephen Hodkinson); Plato’s anachronisms (John Graham); The Phokian Hierosylia at Delphi: Quantities and consequences (John Davies); Q. Fabius Pictor: Was he an Annalist? (Simon Northwood); Polybius, Livy, and the disaster in the Macedonian royal house (John Briscoe); Sejanus: His fall (Anthony Birley); Observations on the inner faces of some auxiliary diplomas from the reign of Antoninus Pius (Paul Holder); Notes on Ammianus Marcellinus XVIII (Robin Seager); Arthur, Joshua and the Israelites: History and its purposes in early ninth century north Wales (Nick Higham).

Corolla Cosmo Rodewald

Biographies & Memoirs

Sekunda, Nick

Historical

Akanthina

For millennia catastrophes, whether those caused by nature, or by human violence, have impacted on historical societies. In the Graeco-Roman world, as nowadays, the immediate consequences of such disasters only anticipated subsequent measures applied by the public authorities, or whoever was in charge thereafter. This volume originated in a workshop funded by a Spanish research grant. Two theoretical chapters deal with the actual meaning of catastrophes for the ancients, as well as how distorted our view of the remote past may be when applying modern terminology such as ‘humanitarian crises’ to events in the ancient world. The following chapters seek to explore such topics as collateral damage in war, earthquake recovery, breakdown of interstate relations, deportation, and postwar policies implemented on defeated societies.

Ancient Disasters and Crisis Management in Classical Antiquity (Monograph: Akanthina)

History

Hoyo, Toni Naco del

Gómez-Castro, Daniel

Riera, Roger

Europe

Bogdan Burliga has written a very interesting study on one of the most important historical sources that has come down to us from Antiquity. The book under review is not, however, yet another historical study on Alexander the Great. Arrian was first and foremost was known as a Stoic philosopher, a disciple of Epictetus, and was regarded as such in Antiquity, not only by his contemporaries, but by succeeding generations of his readership. Burliga draws the logical conclusion that the Anabasis goes beyond the bounds of a mere historical narrative. The Anabasis, although formally a historical narrative, is a serious (Stoic) reflection upon the possession and exercise of power, and the fragility or insignificance of human efforts to retain prestige, fame and glory. This constitutes a new, refreshing view on the meaning of the Anabasis, a work which by no means should be taken as a panegyric to Alexander and his deeds. The book displays the author’s masterly command of the secondary literature, including those of older vintage, yet still worth consulting. It is a work which requires some previous knowledge of the topic, but at the same time it remains exceptionally inspiring work, shedding new light on a topic which might have seemed to be already fully exploited.

Arrian's Anabasis: An Intellectual and Cultural Story (Monograph Series Akanthina)

Burliga, Bogdan

Ancient Civilizations

Greek Taktika Ancient Military

Religion & Spirituality

Philip Rance

Christian Books & Bibles

This book deals with the Macedonian army under the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled Macedon from 294 BC until 168 BC. The representational evidence is mainly dealt with in the first two chapters. Chapter 1 deals with the Tomb of Lyson and Kallikles, and Chapter 2 with the survival of some Antigonid Court art in Roman copies. The rest of the book deals with the literary and epigraphic material relating to the army. Chapter 3 deals with Army Command and Staff, Chapter 4 with the Cavalry, Chapter 5 with Infantry Equipment and Chapter 6 with Infantry Organization. Chapter 7 deals with the Mobilization of the army, and so, necessarily with the way the kingdom of Macedonia was organized. The final Chapter 8 is concerned with the evidence for the leukaspides phalanx in the Antigonid army. The leukaspides are only mentioned twice in an Antigonid context, at the battles of Sellasia and Pydna, and the author reaches the controversial conclusion is that the references refer to allied forces of thureophoroi during the two battles. In the course of this chapter the author attempts a new reconstruction of the battle of Pydna. The book neither deals with artillery nor naval matters.

The Antigonid Army (Monograph Series Akanthina)

Sekunda, Nicholas

Sekunda argues that in the 160s BC, the Ptolemaic and Seleucid infantry were reorganised to make them more successful and more competitive against the might of the Romans. This Romanisation of the military took the form of new tactics and changes in the organisation and in the equipment given to the soldier, with evidence coming from archaeological, literary, epigraphic and iconographic sources. Sekunda looks at the pre-Romanised organisation of the infantry providing the necessary background history to the later reforms.

Hellenistic Infantry Reform in the 160's BC (Studies On The History Of Ancient And Medieval Art of Warfare)

This volume contains papers delivered at two conferences, entitled La Roumanie, Le livre, l’Europe, held in Rumania organized by the Bibliothèque Métropolitaine de Bucarest in 2010 and 2011, and held under the auspices of a Paris-based research project entitled ‘Structures guerrières et échanges entre peuples des Balkans’, jointly financed by the Université Paris-Sorbonne IV and the Centre Lenain de Tillemont (UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée). Following on from an introduction by the editor, the papers are as follows: Elpida Kosmidou, ‘Further thoughts on the coinage and politics of Alexander I’ pp. 15-27; Aliénor Rufin Solas, ‘L’or et l’argent des aristocraties thraces. Contribution de l’étude des trésors contenant des vases en métal précieux à l’histoire de la région aux IVe et IIIe siècles avant J.-C.’ pp. 29-50 (1 figure); Nicholas V. Sekunda, ‘The ‘Victory’ coinage of Patraos of Paionia’ pp. 53-67 (6 figures); Adrian Georges Dumitrou, ‘Les Séleucides et les Balkans: les Thraces dans les armées séleucides’ pp. 69-89; Peter Delev, ‘The burning of the temple at Delphi, the Roman governor L. Scipio and the rout of the Scordisci’ pp. 91-103; Maria-Gabriella Parissaki, ‘Thrace under Roman sway (146 BC – AD 46). Between warfare and diplomacy’ pp. 105-114; Albana Meta, ‘Guerre et circulation monétaire : le cas des drachmes de Dyrrachion’ pp. 117-131 (2 maps); Saimir Shpuza, ‘Illyriens et Romains. Du conflit à l’intégration’ pp. 133-143; Danijel Dzino, ‘The impact of Roman imperialism on the formation of group identities in some indigenous societies from the eastern Adriatic hinterland’ pp. 145-169 (2 maps); Katherine Low, ‘Tacitus and Thrace. Balkan auxiliaries from an historian’s perspective’ pp. 171-182; Ivo Topalilov, ‘The veterans and their descendents in the elite of Philippopolis, Thrace’ pp. 185-196 (3 tables); Oleg Alexandrov, ‘Ethnic and social composition of the Roman army in Moesia inferior : soldiers from Asia Minor and the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire’ pp. 199-207; Constantina Katsari, ‘Roman army and the monetisation of Dacia’ pp. 209-222 followed by a 6-page index.

Armées grecques et romaines dans le nord des Balkans: Conflits et Integration des Communautes Guerrieres (Monograph Series Akanthina) (French Edition)

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