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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.
Price: $150.00
Pages: 310
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies
Publication Date:
22 December 2022
ISBN: 9789004527676
Format: Hardcover
"Given the fact that the phenomenon of bodyguards has rarely been the focus of scholarly work, this volume is a welcome collection for all those interested in ancient military history, elites, and power relations. All the essays are well written, richly sourced and footnoted, each with its own bibliography. Sources come from ancient literature, iconography, and archaeology." Theo van den Hout, University of Chicago, in BMCR 2024.02.52.
Conor Whately, Ph.D. (2009), Warwick University, is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. He has published monographs, textbooks, and edited volumes on warfare, frontiers, and historiography in the Roman and Byzantine worlds, including Battles and Generals and Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire, both published by Brill (2016, 2021).
Mark Hebblewhite completed his PhD at Macquarie University, Australia in 2012. His research interests centre on the ideology and politics of the later Roman Empire, with particular reference to the role of the army. His published work includes The Emperor And The Army In The Later Roman Empire and Theodosius and the Limits of Empire, both with Routledge. He currently works at the Australian Catholic University.
Contributors are: Jeremy Armstrong, Michael Charles, Maxime Emion, Matt Gibbs, Mark Hebblewhite, Carol J. King, Gwynaeth McIntyre, Christian Rollinger, Jeffrey Rop, Michael Stewart, Susan Thorpe, Emily Varto, Conor Whately, Shana Zaia.
Mark Hebblewhite completed his PhD at Macquarie University, Australia in 2012. His research interests centre on the ideology and politics of the later Roman Empire, with particular reference to the role of the army. His published work includes The Emperor And The Army In The Later Roman Empire and Theodosius and the Limits of Empire, both with Routledge. He currently works at the Australian Catholic University.
Contributors are: Jeremy Armstrong, Michael Charles, Maxime Emion, Matt Gibbs, Mark Hebblewhite, Carol J. King, Gwynaeth McIntyre, Christian Rollinger, Jeffrey Rop, Michael Stewart, Susan Thorpe, Emily Varto, Conor Whately, Shana Zaia.