Carian mercenaries
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Carian mercenaries were ancient soldiers from Caria in southwestern Anatolia, renowned for serving as hired troops in various Near Eastern and Greek armies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carian mercenaries canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient military unit type
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mercenary soldiers ⓘ |
| activity |
service as bodyguards
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service in foreign garrisons ⓘ service in naval expeditions ⓘ |
| country | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Anatolian Greek-influenced culture ⓘ |
| employer |
Assyrian kings
NERFINISHED
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Babylonian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian pharaohs ⓘ Greek tyrants ⓘ Hellenistic rulers ⓘ Persian Great Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Carians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Levant
NERFINISHED
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Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Egyptian inscriptions
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Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Near Eastern royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| language | Carian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
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southwestern Anatolia ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
archers
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light infantry ⓘ marines ⓘ |
| notableFor |
archery skills
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light infantry tactics ⓘ maritime military activity ⓘ service as hired troops abroad ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Achaemenid imperial campaigns
ⓘ
Egyptian military campaigns ⓘ Greek interstate warfare ⓘ |
| partOf | wider tradition of Anatolian mercenaries ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Greek mercenaries
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Ionian mercenaries ⓘ Lycian mercenaries ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
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Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Assyrian armies
NERFINISHED
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Babylonian armies NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian armies NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek armies ⓘ Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Near Eastern armies ⓘ Persian armies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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