Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires

Author: Christelle Fischer-Bovet

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1108479251

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First comparative analysis of the role of local elites and populations in the formation of the two main Hellenistic empires.

Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great
Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great

Author: Hyla A. Troxell

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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An in-depth study of the five coinages from Alexander's Macedonian mints. The book is divided into two main sections. Part I dealing with Amphipolis Silver of Alexander III and Philip II, while part II concentrates on Alexander's lifetime gold. Both parts provide thorough evalution of the coins along with commentaries and summaries. The book is also filled with a number of tables, figures, appendice, indices and black and white plates

The Legend of Seleucus
The Legend of Seleucus

Author: Daniel Ogden

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 1316738442

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In the chaos that followed the death of Alexander the Great his distinguished marshal Seleucus was reduced to a fugitive, with only a horse to his name. But by the time of his own death, Seceucus had reconstructed the bulk of Alexander's empire, built Antioch, and become a king in his turn, one respected for justness in an age of cruelty. The dynasty he founded was to endure for three centuries. Such achievements richly deserved to be projected into legend, and so they were. This legend told of Seleucus' divine siring by Apollo, his escape from Babylon with an enchanted talisman, his foundations of cities along a dragon-river with the help of Zeus' eagles, his surrender of his new wife to his besotted son, and his revenge, as a ghost, upon his assassin. This is the first book in any language devoted to the reconstruction of this fascinating tradition.

Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World
Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Author: Andrew Meadows

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0199240124

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The papers in this volume re-assess the role of coined money in the ancient Greek world. Using new approaches, the book makes the results of numismatic as well as historical research accessible to students and scholars of ancient history.