Legend Of Seleucus Kingship
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The Legend Of Seleucus
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-07
The Legend Of Seleucus written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-07 with History categories.
The first full reconstruction of and investigation into the vibrant and fascinating legend of King Seleucus, successor to Alexander the Great.
Legend Of Seleucus Kingship
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Author : Daniel Ogden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Legend Of Seleucus Kingship written by Daniel Ogden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
Ghost On The Throne
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Author : James Romm
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Ghost On The Throne written by James Romm and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with History categories.
Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity. The story of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic and consequential saga of the empire’s collapse remains virtually untold. It is a tale of loss that begins with the greatest loss of all, the death of the Macedonian king who had held the empire together. With his demise, it was as if the sun had disappeared from the solar system, as if planets and moons began to spin crazily in new directions, crashing into one another with unimaginable force. Alexander bequeathed his power, legend has it, “to the strongest,” leaving behind a mentally damaged half brother and a posthumously born son as his only heirs. In a strange compromise, both figures—Philip III and Alexander IV—were elevated to the kingship, quickly becoming prizes, pawns, fought over by a half-dozen Macedonian generals. Each successor could confer legitimacy on whichever general controlled him. At the book’s center is the monarch’s most vigorous defender; Alexander’s former Greek secretary, now transformed into a general himself. He was a man both fascinating and entertaining, a man full of tricks and connivances, like the enthroned ghost of Alexander that gives the book its title, and becomes the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. James Romm, brilliant classicist and storyteller, tells the galvanizing saga of the men who followed Alexander and found themselves incapable of preserving his empire. The result was the undoing of a world, formerly united in a single empire, now ripped apart into a nightmare of warring nation-states struggling for domination, the template of our own times.
Nicator Seleucus And His Empire
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Author : Lise Hannestad
language : en
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Release Date : 2020-06-12
Nicator Seleucus And His Empire written by Lise Hannestad and has been published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-12 with Social Science categories.
When the vast empire of Alexander the Great broke up, the Macedonian general Seleucus secured the lion’s share for himself and went on to become the longest-lived of Alexander’s successors. His tactical skills and his military innovations – including his use of war elephants on a scale never seen before in the West – earned him the epithet Nicator, “victorious”. When he died at the hands of an assassin in 281 BC, Seleucus ruled over a larger territory than any Hellenistic monarch before or since his time, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. This book is a study of his life and achievements, his time and his legacy. It is based on Graeco-Roman and Babylonian written sources as well as on the rapidly growing body of archaeological evidence. Lise Hannestad is professor emerita of Classical Archaeology at Aarhus University. Her main research areas are the Near East in the Hellenistic period, the Etruscans and Black Sea archaeology.
Every Inch A King
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Author : Lynette Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-11-13
Every Inch A King written by Lynette Mitchell and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-13 with History categories.
Drawing on studies of kings from Cyrus to Shah Abbas, this volume provides a rich variety of readings on royal authority and its limitations in medieval societies in both Europe and the Middle East, exemplified especially in the case of Alexander the Great, God and King, and the persistence of his legend in later eras.
Comparing The Ptolemaic And Seleucid Empires
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Author : Christelle Fischer-Bovet
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Comparing The Ptolemaic And Seleucid Empires written by Christelle Fischer-Bovet and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with History categories.
First comparative analysis of the role of local elites and populations in the formation of the two main Hellenistic empires.
Accustomed To Obedience
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Author : Joshua P. Nudell
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2023-03-06
Accustomed To Obedience written by Joshua P. Nudell and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-06 with History categories.
A dedicated study of Classical Ionia
The Land Of The Elephant Kings
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Author : Paul J. Kosmin
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-21
The Land Of The Elephant Kings written by Paul J. Kosmin and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-21 with History categories.
Taking in the bulk of Alexander the Great's Asian conquests, the Seleucid Empire encompassed remarkable ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity; yet it did not include Macedonia, the dynasty's ancestral homeland. Paul Kosmin shows how rulers over lands to which they had no historic claim transformed the territory into a coherent space.
Legendary Patterns In Late Antique Biography The Parallel Lives Of Ardashir I And Constantine The Great
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Author : Matthew O’Farrell
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-10-31
Legendary Patterns In Late Antique Biography The Parallel Lives Of Ardashir I And Constantine The Great written by Matthew O’Farrell and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-31 with History categories.
In an examination of the legendary biographies of Constantine I and Ardashir I A Memorial in the World argues that the two share a literary heritage and that both were created to serve a similar purpose.
Antioch In Syria
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Author : Kristina M. Neumann
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-02
Antioch In Syria written by Kristina M. Neumann and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-02 with History categories.
Combines ancient coins and innovative digital technologies to study the citizens of Syrian Antioch and their imperial conquerors.