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Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men Who Would Be King

By Boris Chrubasik

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780198786924, 0198786921
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2761092 bytes)
Series
Oxford classical monographs
Edition
1
Pages
360\333
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Hochschulschrift

Description

Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King focuses on ideas of kingship and power in the Seleukid state, specifically examining the role of usurpers. Drawing on literary, numismatic, and epigraphic material, the volume presents a revelatory picture of constant competition to rule and advances a novel political history predicated on social power, redefining the role of the king as only one of several players within the socialworld. In doing so, it both questions the current consensus on the Seleukid empire, arguing instead that despite its many strong rulers it was structurally weak, and offers a new approach to writing politicalhistory of the ancient world. APPENDICES ENDMATTER

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