Brill's companion to bodyguards in the ancient Mediterranean

• Titel: Brill's companion to bodyguards in the ancient Mediterranean
• Mitwirkende: Hebblewhite, Mark [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Whately, Conor [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Mark Hebblewhite, Conor Whately
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: X, 308 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Warfare in the ancient Mediterranean world ; volume 5
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Brill's companion's in classical studies
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-90-04-52767-6
• Schlagwörter: (s)Leibwächter / (s)Antike
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Brill's companion to bodyguards in the ancient Mediterranean. - Leiden : Brill, 2022
• RVK-Notation: NG 1525
• RVK-Notation: NH 5275
• K10plus-PPN: 1823913571

Abstract

"Brill's Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient Mediterranean is the first scholarly volume solely dedicated to understanding bodyguards of the ancient Mediterranean world. From the Pharaohs of Egypt through to the emperors of the Early Byzantine Empire, this volume not only identifies who served as bodyguards for rulers and other political powerbrokers, but also details the symbolic role bodyguards played in the maintenance of power. The volume also highlights the political, religious, and social significance of bodyguards to individual regimes, and the important role bodyguards played in the projection of power and legitimacy to key interest groups within a particular society"--