Benefactors, Kings, Rulers: Studies on the Seleukid Empire Between East and West

by D. Engels

The present volume unites a series of critical studies devoted to the political, institutional and ideological construction of the Seleukid empire, with particular focus on the complex interplay between the Seleukids' Greco-Macedonian background and their Achaimenid heritage. In order to explore whether, and the extent to which, the Seleukids can be considered heirs to the Achaimenids and precursors of the Parthians, and to what extent they simply...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042933275
• ISBN13: 9789042933279
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 617 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"