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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136035503321

Autore

Chrubasik Boris

Titolo

Kings and usurpers in the seleukid empire : the men who would be king / / Boris Chrubasik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-182905-6

0-19-109060-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Collana

Oxford Classical Monographs

Disciplina

935.062

Soggetti

Maccabees

Greeks - Turkey - History

Seleucids - History

Syria History 333 B.C.-634 A.D

Syria Kings and rulers

Syria Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on ideas of kingship and power in the Seleukid Empire, specifically the role of usurpers. Redefining the king as only one of several political players, it advances a political history predicated on social power and argues that despite its strong rulers the empire was structurally weak and the position of its kings precarious.