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AH14 - Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies

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Ancient History Podcast
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Feb 1, 2025
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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Charlotte van Regenmortel about the changes to the systems of recruitment in the late Classical and early Hellenistic periods, the importance of wage labourers in early Hellenistic armies, and how the military labour market impacted the wider Hellenistic economies.