The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC
The final volume on the Seleukids details their empire's chaotic decline marked by internal strife and external invasions.

The concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions and rebellions, the religiously-inspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees, civil war and external invasion from Egypt in the West and the Parthians in the East. By the 80s BC, the empire was disintegrating, internally fractured and squeezed by the converging expansionist powers of Rome and Parthia. This is a fittingly, dramatic and colourful conclusion to John Grainger's masterful account of this once-mighty empire.
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The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC
The final volume on the Seleukids details their empire's chaotic decline marked by internal strife and external invasions.

The concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions and rebellions, the religiously-inspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees, civil war and external invasion from Egypt in the West and the Parthians in the East. By the 80s BC, the empire was disintegrating, internally fractured and squeezed by the converging expansionist powers of Rome and Parthia. This is a fittingly, dramatic and colourful conclusion to John Grainger's masterful account of this once-mighty empire.
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The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC

The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC

by John D Grainger
The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC

The Fall of the Seleukid Empire 187-75 BC

by John D Grainger

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The final volume on the Seleukids details their empire's chaotic decline marked by internal strife and external invasions.

The concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions and rebellions, the religiously-inspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees, civil war and external invasion from Egypt in the West and the Parthians in the East. By the 80s BC, the empire was disintegrating, internally fractured and squeezed by the converging expansionist powers of Rome and Parthia. This is a fittingly, dramatic and colourful conclusion to John Grainger's masterful account of this once-mighty empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781036150273
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 12/02/2024
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

John D Grainger is a former teacher and historian of great experience with a particular interest in Classical and Hellenistic Greek history. His many previous works include the following for Pen & Sword: Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars (2011); The Wars of the Maccabees (2012); Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea (2013); a three-part history of the Seleukid Empire (2014-16), King’s and Kingship in the Hellenistic World 350-30 BC (2017), Antipater’s Dynasty (2018), Ancient Dynasties (2019), The Roman Imperial Succession (March 2020) and The Galatians (August 2020). He lives in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Table of Contents

Maps and Tables vi

Introduction x

Chapter 1 The Beginning of the End (187-170BC) 1

Chapter 2 The Wars of Antiochos Epiphanes (170-164BC) 16

Chapter 3 The Advent of Demetrios I (164-159BC) 36

Chapter 4 The Problems of Demetrios I (160-150BC) 50

Chapter 5 The Destruction of Alexander Balas (150-145BC) 66

Chapter 6 The Travails of Demetrios II (145-138BC) 77

Chapter 7 The New Seleukid Kingdom (139-131 BC) 88

Chapter 8 Defeat (131-129BC) 106

Chapter 9 Dynastic Conflict (129-121BC) 116

Chapter 10 The Kingdom Failing (121-108BC) 136

Chapter 11 Destruction in the South (108-96BC) 151

Chapter 12 Survival in the North (103-88BC) 166

Chapter 13 The End of the Seleukids (88-75BC) 181

Conclusion - The Seleukid Legacy 200

Notes and References 208

Abbreviations 227

Bibliography 228

Index 232

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