ENGLISH

The Syrian Wars

By John D. Grainger

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2010
ISBN
9004180508, 9789004180505
ISSN
0169-8958
Google Books ID
mMcH93T50dsC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5033673 bytes)
Series
Mnemosyne Supplements 320
Pages
XVIII+448\467
Topic
History
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-03-21 20:21:58
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

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 which is actually wholly central to the development of both kingdoms and of the period as a whole. Other than relatively brief summaries no serious account has ever been produced. This extended consideration will bring to the centre of research on the Hellinistic period this long sequence of wars. Arguably they were the basic causes of the failure of both kingdoms in the face of Roman aggression and interference.

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