The Syrian wars /

The Syrian wars /

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Main Author: Grainger, John D., 1939- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; [Boston : Brill], 2010.

Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 320.

Subjects:

Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305-30 B.C.
Seleucids > History.
Syria > History, Military.
Syria > History > 333 B.C.-634 A.D.

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Call Number: DS96.2 .G74 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Syria's importance revealed
  • Syria divided
  • Cold war
  • The new kings, and the first Syrian war
  • Competitive developing
  • The second Syrian war
  • Increasing strains
  • The third war, the 'War of Laodike'
  • The Seleukid collapse
  • The fourth war
  • The reversal, the Ptolemaic collapse
  • The fifth war, the triumph of Antiochos III
  • Changing priorities
  • The sixth war, and the 'day of Eleusis'
  • Mutual troubles and a new agenda
  • The seventh war, the triumph of Ptolemy Philometor
  • The legacy of Philometor
  • The eighth war, the last chance for union
  • The ninth, and last, war.