The Syrian wars

by Grainger, John D.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Syrian wars / by John D. Grainger.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 447 p. : : maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004180505, 9004180508, 9789004188310, 9004188312
oclc:ocn916461035
LC Classification:DS96.2
Dewey Decimal:939/.4304

Prologue: Syria's importance revealed -- Syria divided -- Cold war -- The new kings, and the first Syrian war -- Competitive developing -- The second Syrian war -- Increasing strains -- The third war, the 'War of Laodike' -- The Seleukid collapse -- The fourth war -- The reversal, the Ptolemaic collapse -- The fifth war, the triumph of Antiochos III -- Changing priorities -- The sixth war, and the 'day of Eleusis' -- Mutual troubles and a new agenda -- The seventh war, the triumph of Ptolemy Philometor -- The legacy of Philometor -- The eighth war, the last chance for union -- The ninth, and last, war.