Alexandria and Antioch: The History of the Ancient Near East's Hellenistic Capitals

Despite the infighting among them, one thing Alexander the Great's generals did agree upon after the Macedonian king's death was their Hellenistic culture. Most famously, Ptolemy's line firmly established the Hellenistic culture of the Greeks while ruling over Egypt, and by marrying within their family line, the Ptolemaic pharaohs kept their Hellenistic heritage until the very end of Ptolemy's line, which died with Cleopatra in 30 B.C. Although the Seleucid Empire is less well known, Alexan...