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 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004180505, 9004180508
oclc:ocn759880688
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.

Subjects

333 B.C.-634 A.D History Military history Ptolemæerne, Dynastiet Séleucides -- Histoire Seleucids Seleucids -- History Syria Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D Syria -- History, Military Syrie -- Histoire -- 333 av. J.-C.-634