The fall of the Seleukid empire 187-75 BC /

The fall of the Seleukid empire 187-75 BC /

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Author / Creator:	Grainger, John D., 1939- author.
Imprint:	Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.
Description:	xii, 240 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Seleucids -- History. Kings and rulers. Seleucids. Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D. Syria -- Kings and rulers. Middle East. Syria. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10541378

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ISBN:	9781783030309 1783030305
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. The Seleukid dynasty (founded by one of Alexander the Great's generals) ruled an empire which at one time was the largest state on earth. Although it was still a major power following the defeat by the Romans at Magnesia, in the ensuing period their realm was riven by dynastic disputes, secession and rebellion, the religiously inspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees, civil war and external invasion from Egypt in the West and the Parthians in the East. By the 80s BC, the empire was disintegrating, internally fractured and squeezed by the expansionist powers of Rome and Parthia. This is a fittingly dramatic and colourful conclusion to John Grainger's masterful account of this once-mighty empire, whose decline and eventual extinction reshaped the ancient world."--Book jacket.

Table of Contents:

Maps and Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Beginning of the End (187-170BC)
Chapter 2. The Wars of Antiochos Epiphanes (170-164BC)
Chapter 3. The Advent of Demetrios I (164-159BC)
Chapter 4. The Problems of Demetrios I (160-150BC)
Chapter 5. The Destruction of Alexander Balas (150-145BC)
Chapter 6. The Travails of Demetrios II (145-138BC)
Chapter 7. The New Seleukid Kingdom (139-131 BC)
Chapter 8. Defeat (131-129BC)
Chapter 9. Dynastic Conflict (129-121BC)
Chapter 10. The Kingdom Failing (121-108BC)
Chapter 11. Destruction in the South (108-96BC)
Chapter 12. Survival in the North (103-88BC)
Chapter 13. The End of the Seleukids (88-75BC)
Conclusion - The Seleukid Legacy
Notes and References
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index