Brill's companion to insurgency and terrorism in the ancient Mediterranean / / editors, Timothy Howe, Lee L. Brice.

• TeilnehmendeR: Howe, Timothy,; Brice, Lee L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (386 pages) :; illustrations, maps
• Notes: Includes index.

In Brill's Companion to Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient Mediterranean , Tim Howe and Lee Brice challenge the view that these forms of conflict are specifically modern phenomena by offering an historical perspective that exposes readers to the ways insurgency movements and terror tactics were common elements of conflict in antiquity. Assembling original research on insurgency and terrorism in various regions including, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Central Asia, Persia, Egypt, Judea, and the Roman Empire, they provide a deep historical context for understanding these terms, demonstrate the usefulness of insurgency and terrorism as concepts for analysing ancient Mediterranean behavior, and point the way toward future research.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient World, Grounding the Discussion / Lee L. Brice -- 2 Insurgency and Terror in Mesopotamia / Seth Richardson -- 3 Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Assyrian Empire during the Late Eighth Century bce / Sarah C. Melville -- 4 Fourth Century Revolts against Persia: The Test Case of Sidon (348–345 bce) / Josef Wiesehöfer -- 5 Spartan State Terror: Violence, Humiliation, and the Reinforcement of Social Boundaries in Classical Sparta / Ellen G. Millender -- 6 Alexander and “Afghan Insurgency\': A Reassessment / Timothy Howe -- 7 Insurgency in Ptolemaic Egypt / Paul Johstono -- 8 Insurgency or State Terrorism? The Hispanic Wars in the Second Century bce / Francisco Marco Simón -- 9 Roman Counterinsurgency Policy and Practice in Judaea / Frank Russell -- 10 From Batavian Revolt to Rhenish Insurgency / Brian Turner -- 11 Gallic Insurgencies? Annihilating the Bagaudae / J. Grant Couper -- 12 Epilogue: Looking Ahead / Jonathan P. Roth -- Index.