The Syrian Wars (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004180505)

Vendor: John D. Grainger
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Format: Hardcover
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The Syrian Wars

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The Syrian Wars

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Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: John D. Grainger
ISBN-10: 9004180508
ISBN-13: 9789004180505
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2010
Pages: 450
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.50w x 1.10d
By John D. Grainger
By John D. Grainger
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John Grainger, Ph.D. (1987) in Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, is the author of articles and books on Hellenistic and other aspects of history, including The League of the Aitolians (Brill, 1999) and Aitolian Prosopographical Studies (Brill, 2000). He is currently working on a book on sea warfare in the Hellenistic period and on a Dictionary of British Naval Battles.

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