Campaigning against pirate mercenaries: A very Roman strategy? Mercenaries and pirates: a background Roman diplomacy and mercenaries Fighting pirates to win wars Conclusions Notes 7. The colonisation of Pontiae (313 BC), piracy and the nature of Rome’s maritime expansion before the First Punic War Introduction Roman colonisation of coastal areas: a re-assessment The nature of Rome’s early naval expansion Conclusion Notes 6. Terra cognita sed vacua?: (Re-)appropriating territory through Hellenistic city foundations Tabula rasa? Appropriating the landscape of Antioch Plunder to property? Populating the landscape of Antioch The other way around: the local landscape of Hanisa Conclusions: in the footsteps of Darius Notes 5. Piracy and pseudo-piracy in classical Syracuse: Financial replenishment through outsourcing, sacking temples and forced migrations Introduction Outsourcing Temple sacking The movement of people for financial gain Conclusion Notes 4. The limits of nationalism: Brigandage: piracy and mercenary service in fourth century BCE Athens Notes 3. By the hand of a robber: States, mercenaries and bandits in Middle Bronze Age Mesopotamia Introduction The literary context: ‘the cut-throat’ and ‘the robber’ Robbers and robbery in the Middle Bronze The ḫabba-tu and their alters Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges … Conclusions Notes 2. Table of contents : Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations in this volume Piracy, pillage and plunder in antiquity: An introduction Notes 1.
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