Machimoi
Sign in to savethumb|Possible reconstruction of a late Ptolemaic máchimos (around mid–1st century BCE) The term máchimoi (, plural of μάχιμος, máchimos, meaning "pugnacious") commonly refers to a broad category of ancient Egyptian low-ranked soldiers which rose during the Late Period of Egypt (664–332 BCE) and, more prominently, during the Ptolemaic dynasty (323–30 BCE).
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6 sectionsContents
- History
- Herodotus and the Late Period
- Ptolemaic Period
- 2013 reinterpretation
- References
- Sources
thumb|Possible reconstruction of a late Ptolemaic máchimos (around mid–1st century BCE) The term máchimoi (, plural of μάχιμος, máchimos, meaning "pugnacious") commonly refers to a broad category of ancient Egyptian low-ranked soldiers which rose during the Late Period of Egypt (664–332 BCE) and, more prominently, during the Ptolemaic dynasty (323–30 BCE).
==History==
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