AWA178 - Were there units recruited from a specific area in the Hellenistic period?

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🗓️ 26 November 2021

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Josh sent this question in for Murray to ponder over. During the Roman period, we have evidence of reasonably specific units based on (original) area of recruitment, e.g. *Legio IX Hispana*, *Cohors Germanorum*, and so on. I was wondering if we have anything similar for the Hellenistic/Successor period. Outside of names that were originally geographic but likely became generic terms for a certain type of unit (Cretan archers and Tarantine cavalry), do we know of any specific recruiting grounds for the innumerable phalangites, thureophoroi, etc. who fought for the Diadochoi?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another ancient warfare answers.
0:03.2	My name is Jasper Ortiz.
0:04.4	I'm the editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine.
0:06.2	With me is Murray Dam.
0:07.4	He's the assistant editor-in-magism magazine.
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0:44.4	than we can shake the stick at.
0:47.0	Today we are answering a question by Josh Fiked.
0:52.3	Josh wants to know,
0:57.4	do we know about specific recruitment grounds
1:00.9	and specific units
1:02.8	that we have an idea of
1:07.5	where they came from,
1:15.8	how they were organized, and sort of a longer range idea,
1:22.8	other than, you know, Philip of Macedon had 10,000 phylogytes. An obvious example.
1:27.2	He's probably in Murray's wheelhouse, so I'll leave it to you, Murray.
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