Ptolemais Cyrenaica
Author: David Nasgowitz
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 75
ISBN-13: 9780226694740
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Author: David Nasgowitz
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 75
ISBN-13: 9780226694740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Piotr Jaworski
Publisher: Archeobooks
Published: 2015-12-31
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9788323520948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Katja Mueller
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9789042917095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike the Seleukid's the Ptolemies did not at first glance create numerous eye-catching cities.
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788323530558
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jerzy Żelazowski
Publisher: Archeobooks
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788361376453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Monika Rekowska
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2016-03-31
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1784913219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines travellers' accounts of their journeys to Cyrenaica, focusing in the main on an analysis of these accounts within the context of their significance to topographic surveys of the region.
Author: Dee L. Clayman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0195370880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBerenice II (c. 264-221 BCE), daughter of King Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, came to embody all the key religious, political, and artistic ideals of Ptolemaic Alexandria. Though she arrived there nearly friendless, with the taint of murder around her, she became one of the most accomplished and powerful of the Macedonian queens descended from the successors of Alexander the Great. She was at the center of a group of important poets and intellectuals associated with the Museum and Library, not the least of which was Callimachus, the most important poet of the age. These men wrote poems not just for her, but about her, and their eloquent voices projected her charisma widely across the Greek-speaking world. Though the range of Berenice's interests was impressive and the quantity and quality of the poetry she inspired unparalleled, today she is all but known. Assimilating the scant and scattered evidence of her life, Dee L. Clayman presents a woman who was more powerful and fascinating than we had previously imagined. Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt offers a portrait of a woman who had access to the cultural riches of both Greece and Egypt and who navigated her way carefully through the opportunities and dangers they presented, ultimately using them to accrue unprecedented honors that were all but equal to those of the king.
Author: Grazyna Bakowska-Czerner
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2019-03-11
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1789691494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers present research from different regions ranging from ancient Mauritania, through Africa, Egypt, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, as well as sites in Crimea and Georgia. Topics include: topography, architecture, interiors and décor, religious syncretism, the importance of ancient texts, pottery studies and conservation.
Author: John D. Grainger
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Published: 2022-09-15
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1399090259
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Thoroughly ‘reader friendly’ in organization and presentation . . . an ideal introduction to the creation and rise of the Ptolemaic era of Egypt.” —Midwest Book Review In this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I established the dynasty’s power in Egypt in the wake of Alexander the Great’s death. Egypt had been independent for most of the fourth century BC, but was reconquered by the Persian Empire in the 340s. This is essential background for Ptolemaic history, since it meant that Alexander was welcomed as a liberator and, after the tyranny of Kleomenes, so was Ptolemy. This was the essential basis of Ptolemy’s power. He conciliated the Egyptians, but reinforced his military strength with Greek settlers, mainly retired or available soldiers. He built the city of Alexandria, but to his own requirements, not those planned by Alexander. The empire outside Egypt was acquired, perhaps for defense, perhaps by sheer greed. Ptolemy took over Cyrenaica (with difficulty), Cyprus, and Syria/Palestine. These had to be defended against his rivals, hence the development of his navy, and the Syrian Wars. The succession was carefully managed, but not directly hereditary (Ptolemy II wasn’t the eldest son), and the new king was very different. He fought repeated wars in Syria, built up his navy in the Aegean to the greatest seen in the ancient world, and extended his empire into the lands of the Red Sea, Sudan, and Ethiopia. He taxed the Egyptians mercilessly to fund all these activities. Yet few of his wars were successful, and he stored up trouble for his successors. This volume by a historian of the period delves into these events in a clear, compelling style.