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200 1. $a The rise of the Seleukid empire (323-223 BC) $b Texte imprimé $e Seleukos I to Seleukos III $f John D. Grainger
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215 .. $a 1 vol. (XIV-242 p.) $c ill. $d 24 cm
300 .. $a Bibliogr. p. [231]-236. Index
330 .. $a The Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world for a century and more between
Alexander's death and the rise of Rome. It was ruled for all that time by a succession
of able kings, but broke down twice, before eventually succumbing to dynastic rivalries,
and simultaneous external invasions and internal grasps for independence. 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 neighbours.
John D Grainger's trilogy charts the rise and fall of this superpower of the ancient
world. In the first volume, John D Grainger 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 rules 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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