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| Title: The Armies of the Hasmonaeans and Herod. From Hellenistic to Roman Frameworks. Secondary Title: TSAJ 25 Type: Generic Year: 1991 Abstract: "After discussing the military institutions characteristic of the Hasmonean state in relation to political developments this volume describes on the basis of literary sources and archaeological findings the fortifications constructed by the Hasmoneans, and consinders the confrontation between the Hasmonean state and the Nabatean kingdom. Then following a description of military and political events betweeen 63 and 30 B.C. as the background for Herod the Great's rise of power, it deals with the size, structure, and nature of Herod's army in the period of the Augustan principate as well as the military installations he constructed in his realm, and treats Herod's relation with Jews, Greeks, and Nabateans. Shatzman concludes that the tactics and composition of the armies of the Hasmoneans and Herod bear witness to heavy Greek and Roman influence." Keywords: Jewish History: Roman Era |