The first of three books on the ancient Greek dynasty “reads with
the pull of a novel and shows how the new Empire rose and
fell.”—Firetrench The Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in
the world for a century and more between Alexander’s death and the
rise of Rome. The first king, Seleukos I, established a pattern of
rule which was unusually friendly towards his subjects, and his
policies promoted the steady growth of wealth and population in many
areas which had been depopulated when he took them over. In particular
the dynasty was active in founding cities from Asia Minor to Central
Asia. Its work set the social and economic scene of the Middle East
for many centuries to come. Yet these kings had to be warriors too as
they defended their realm from jealous neighbors. John D
Grainger’s trilogy charts the rise and fall of this superpower of
the ancient world. In the first volume, he relates the remarkable
twists of fortune and daring that saw Seleukos, an officer in an elite
guard unit, emerge from the wars of the Diadochi (Alexander’s
successors) in control of the largest and richest part of the empire
of the late Alexander the Great. After his conquests and eventual
murder, we then see how his successors continued his policies,
including the repeated wars with the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt over
control of Syria. The volume ends with the deep internal crisis and
the Wars of the Brothers, which left only a single member of the
dynasty alive in 223 BC.
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ISBN
9781473838604
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Praetorian Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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