Culture and Ideology under the Seleukids: Unframing a Dynasty
by Widmer, Marie, Beaulieu, Paul-Alain, Ogden, Daniel, Trundle, Matthew, McKechnie, Paul, Coskun, Altay, Mairs, Rachel, McAuley, Alex, Brüggemann, Thomas, Dumke, Gunnar R., Hunter, Daniel, Lisle, Christopher de, Mehl, Andreas, Michel, Patrick M., Olszewski, Marek T., Wenghofer, Richard
The volume offers a timely (re- )appraisal of Seleukid cultural dynamics. While the engagement of Seleukid kings with local populations and the issue of "Hellenization" are still debated, a movement away from the Greco-centric approach to the study of the sources has gained pace…
The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation of…
"The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation o…
"The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation o…
"The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation o…
"The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation o…
Seleukos I (312-281) was the strongest among the Successors of Alexander the Great, and his territory extended as far as Thrace in the West and Pakistan in the East for over a century. His kingdom reached a new pinnacle under Antiochos III (223-187), who combined military vigour…
The Syrian wars
by ProQuest (Firm), Grainger, John D.
fromMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava
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 …
This book examines the causes and courses of the series of wars in the Hellenistic period fought between the kingdom of the Seleukids and the Ptolemies over possession of Syria. This is a subject always mentioned by historians of the period in a glancing or abbreviated way, but …