The Syrian wars /

The Syrian wars /

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 who...

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Main Author: Grainger, John D., 1939-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 320.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

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:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Prologue: Syria's Importance Revealed /
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  • Chapter One. Syria Divided /
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  • Chapter Two. Cold War /
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  • Chapter Three. The New Kings, And The First Syrian War /
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  • Chapter Four. Competitive Developing /
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  • Chapter Five. The Second Syrian War /
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  • Chapter Six. Increasing Strains /
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  • Chapter Seven. The Third War, The 'War Of Laodike' /
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  • Chapter Eight. The Seleukid Collapse /
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  • Chapter Nine. The Fourth War /
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  • Chapter Ten. The Reversal, The Ptolemaic Collapse /
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  • Chapter Eleven. The Fifth War, The Triumph Of Antiochos III /
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  • Chapter Twelve. Changing Priorities /
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  • Chapter Thirteen. The Sixth War, And The 'Day Of Eleusis' /
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  • Chapter Fourteen. Mutual Troubles And A New Agenda /
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  • Chapter Fifteen. The Seventh War, The Triumph Of Ptolemy Philometor /
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  • Chapter Sixteen. The Legacy Of Philometor /
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  • Chapter Seventeen. The Eighth War, The Last Chance For Union /
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  • Chapter Eighteen. The Ninth, And Last,War /
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  • Epilogue: The Ambition Of Kleopatra VII /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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