Military Decree of Amphipolis

τοὺς μὴ φέροντας τι τῶν καθηκόντων αὐτοῖς ὅπλων ζημιούτωσαν κατά τα γεγραμμένα· κοτθύβου ὀβολοὺς δύο, κώνου τὸ ἴσον, σαρίσης ὀβολοὺς τρεῖς, μαχαίρας τὸ ἴσον, κνημίδων ὀβολοὺς δύο, ἀσπίδος δραχμήν. Ἑπὶ δὲ τῶν ἡγεμόνων τῶν τε δεδηλωμένων ὅπλων τὸ διπλοῦν καὶ θώρακος δραχμὰς δύο, ἡμιθωρακίου δραχμήν. Λαμβανέτωσαν δὲ τὴν ζημίαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ ἀρχυ[πηρέτ]αι, παραδείξαντες τῶι βασιλεῖ τοὺς ἠθετηκότας

those not bearing the weapons appropriate to them are to be fined according to the regulations: for the

thorax, a drachma for the hemithorakion. The secretaries (grammateis) and the chief assistants (archyperetai) shall exact the penalty, after indicating the transgressors to the King (basileus

)

• Antigonid Macedonian army

References

• Amphipolis — c. 200 BC Meletemata 22, Epig. App. 12 SEG 40.524
• Archaic and Classical Greece By Michael Hewson Crawford, David Whitehead Page 596
  ISBN 0-19-284202-1
• The Hellenistic Age from the battle of Ipsos to the death of Kleopatra VII By Stanley Mayer Burstein Page 88
  ISBN 0-521-28158-X
• Macedonian Warrior Alexander's Elite Infantryman By Waldemar Heckel, Ryan Jones, Christa Hook Page 24
  ISBN 1-84176-950-9

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