Infantry Reform in Hellenistic Boeotia

• Lucas, Thierry ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Picardie Jules Verne

     University of Picardie Jules Verne

     Arrondissement d’Amiens, Francia

     
• Localización: Karanos: bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies, ISSN 2604-6199, ISSN-e 2604-3521, Nº. 8, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Karanos 8), págs. 63-74
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Reformas de infantería en la Beocia Helenística
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  • Recent research on Boeotia in the Hellenistic period has led to a betterunderstanding of its military organization. A rich epigraphic record provides insightinto the functioning and organization of the Boeotian federal army. Around 230 BC,the army was reorganized on the model of the Antigonid army, as evidenced by theappearance of a new type of infantry, the peltophoroi, replacing the hoplites andthyreophoroi attested previously. Two elite corps, the agema and the epilektoi, alsoappeared at this time, denoting a clear Macedonian inspiration. Compared to otherpowers of the period, this was an early adoption. This cultural transfer in turn allows usto date the introduction of peltasts in the Antigonid army more precisely: it must havetaken place during the reign of Demetrios II or at the very beginning of the reign ofAntigonos Doson.