Chi erano i mercenari dell'Evo Antico? (Sherdana, Mistophoroi, Liguri e Celti)

While we're accustomed to associating the image of the mercenary with the Companies of Fortune of the Middle Ages, mercenary activity actually has much older origins, dating back to the Bronze Age, driven by specific needs in both supply and demand. Starting from the first mercenaries mentioned in historical sources, the elusive Sheridanu of the Near East, and arriving at the Germanic foederati of the 4th century AD, an exciting journey from Greece to the Central-Western Mediterranean Basin, passing from the arrows of Cretan archers to the blades of Celtic warriors. ============================================== 34 - WHO WERE THE MERCENARIES OF ANCIENT TIMES? ================================================ 00:00 - Introduction 01:26 - Supply and Demand 05:00 - The Sheridanu 07:10 - The Mistophoroi of Greece 19:00 - The West in the 5th Century BC 21:08 - Celtic Mercenaries 25:07 - Rome and the Mercenaries =================================================== On the cover: Background - Jean-Adrien Guignet "Episode de la Retraite des Dix-Mille", 1842 Foreground: Bronze statuette of an Archaic Hoplite, 7th century BC Edited by Gioal Canestrelli Fianna ap Palug Institute of Experimental Archaeology, Verona Edited by Angela Ruggero