The Syrian wars [[electronic resource] /] / by John D. Grainger

• Autore: Grainger John D. <1939->
• Pubblicazione: Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 939/.4304
• Soggetto topico: Seleucids - History
• Soggetto geografico: Syria History, Military; Syria History 333 B.C.-634 A.D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Syrian wars
• ISBN: 1-282-95154-8; 9786612951541; 90-04-18831-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996237241703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. . -Supplementum ; ; 320.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. . -Supplementum. . -History and archaeology of classical antiquity.