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| | |  Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Thracians - SourcesThe Iliad records that the Thracians from around the Hellespont and also the Thracian Cicones fought on the side of the Trojans (Iliad, book II). Many mythical figures, such as the god Dionysus, princess Europa and the hero Orpheus were borrowed by the Greeks from their Thracian neighbours.
In book 7 of his Histories, Herodotus describes the equipment of the Thracians fighting under the Persians,
The Thracians went to the war wearing the skins of foxes upon their heads, and about their bodies tunics, over which ...
See also:Thracians, Thracians - Origins, Thracians - Classical period, Thracians - Extinction of the ethnicity and language, Thracians - Archaeology, Thracians - Sources, Thracians - Thracian tribes, Thracians - Famous Thracians Read more here: » Thracians: Encyclopedia II - Thracians - Sources |
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| | | | Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war See also laws of war.
In the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions (GC) of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977 it is stated:
Art 47. Mercenaries
A mercenary is any person who:
(a) is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict;
(b) does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities;
(c) is ...
See also:Mercenary, Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war, Mercenary - Gurkhas and French Foreign Legionnaires, Mercenary - Mercenaries and domestic law, Mercenary - Mercenary operations, Mercenary - Private military company PMC, Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa, Mercenary - 20th century, Mercenary - Ancient Egypt, Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era, Mercenary - Mercenaries in medieval warfare, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the modern age, Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture, Mercenary - Notes Read more here: » Mercenary: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war |
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| | | | Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Thrace - History The indigenous population of Thrace were, and still are a Greek race called Thracians. Divided into separate tribes, the Thracians did not manage to form a lasting political organization until the Odrysian state was founded in the 4th century BC.
The Thracians fell early under the cultural influence of the ancient Greeks, preserving till a much later time, however, their language and culture. It also appears from mythological accounts that the Thracians influenced Greek culture from a very early period, with some Thracians even appear ...
See also:Thrace, Thrace - History, Thrace - Cities of Thrace, Thrace - Bulgarian, Thrace - Greek, Thrace - Turkish, Thrace - Famous Thracians, Thrace - Sources Read more here: » Thrace: Encyclopedia II - Thrace - History |
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| | | | Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture Like piracy, the mercenary ethos resonates with idealized adventure, mystery and danger. Examples of this are:
The novel Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth and the movie (1981) with the same name, which go into some detail about an actual if fictionalized mercenary operation in Africa in the 1960s.
The novel The Wild Geese by Daniel Carney and the movie (1978) with the same name. The plot is that a global British financial syndicate seeks to rescue the deposed leader of a central African ...
See also:Mercenary, Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war, Mercenary - Gurkhas and French Foreign Legionnaires, Mercenary - Mercenaries and domestic law, Mercenary - Mercenary operations, Mercenary - Private military company PMC, Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa, Mercenary - 20th century, Mercenary - Ancient Egypt, Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era, Mercenary - Mercenaries in medieval warfare, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the modern age, Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture, Mercenary - Notes Read more here: » Mercenary: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture |
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| | | | Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenary operations It is known that mercenaries have been hired to fight in the conflicts in former Yugoslavia. Many of these were ex-Eastern Bloc soldiers who had no employment opportunities after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Mercenary - Private military company PMC.
Private military companies are companies that provide logistics, manpower, and other expenditures for a military force. Their contractors are civil ...
See also:Mercenary, Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war, Mercenary - Gurkhas and French Foreign Legionnaires, Mercenary - Mercenaries and domestic law, Mercenary - Mercenary operations, Mercenary - Private military company PMC, Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa, Mercenary - 20th century, Mercenary - Ancient Egypt, Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era, Mercenary - Mercenaries in medieval warfare, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the modern age, Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture, Mercenary - Notes Read more here: » Mercenary: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenary operations |
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| | | | Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa
Mercenary - 20th century.
In the 20th century, mercenaries have been mostly involved in conflicts on the continent of Africa. There have been a number of unsavory incidents in the brushfire wars of Africa, some involving recruitment of naïve European and American men "looking for adventure" and thrusting them into combat situations where they would not survive to get paid.
Many of the adventurers in Africa who have been described as mercenaries were in fact ideologically motivated to support particular governm ...
See also:Mercenary, Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war, Mercenary - Gurkhas and French Foreign Legionnaires, Mercenary - Mercenaries and domestic law, Mercenary - Mercenary operations, Mercenary - Private military company PMC, Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa, Mercenary - 20th century, Mercenary - Ancient Egypt, Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era, Mercenary - Mercenaries in medieval warfare, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the modern age, Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture, Mercenary - Notes Read more here: » Mercenary: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa |
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| | | | Bessi: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history
Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era.
Many Greek mercenaries fought for the Persian Empire during the early classic era. For example:
Xerxes I, king of Persia, who invaded Greece in 484 BC employed Greek mercenaries. The best remembered is Demaratus, for his warning to Xerxes not to underestimate the Spartans before the Battle of Thermopylae.
In Anabasis, Xenophon recounts how Cyrus the Younger hired a large army of Greek mercenaries (the "Ten Thousand") in 401 BC to seize t ...
See also:Mercenary, Mercenary - Mercenaries and the laws of war, Mercenary - Gurkhas and French Foreign Legionnaires, Mercenary - Mercenaries and domestic law, Mercenary - Mercenary operations, Mercenary - Private military company PMC, Mercenary - Mercenaries in Africa, Mercenary - 20th century, Mercenary - Ancient Egypt, Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era, Mercenary - Mercenaries in medieval warfare, Mercenary - Mercenaries in the modern age, Mercenary - Mercenaries in popular culture, Mercenary - Notes Read more here: » Mercenary: Encyclopedia II - Mercenary - Mercenaries in European history |
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