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Pascual José. Apameia on the Euphrates, Macedonoupolis and Seleucid Forms of Political and Territorial Control. In: Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, vol. 48, n°2, 2022. pp. 191-216.

DOI : 10.3917/dha.482.0191

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DHA, 48/ 2, 2022 – CC-BY Dialogues d’ histoire ancienne, 48/ 2, 2022, 191‑216 – CC-BY

Apameia on the Euphrates, Macedonoupolis and Seleucid Forms of Political and Territorial Control1

José Pascual ORCID : 0000-0002-9651-8028 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España jose. pascual@ uam. es

In the second half of the year 312,2 following the defeat of Demetrius, son of Antigonus, at the Battle of Gaza at the hands of Ptolemy, Seleucus, who had sought refuge in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, marched from Gaza to Babylon with some 1 000 men. His intention was to recover the satrapy that he had formerly ruled over for a period of four years (320-315) and from which he had been expelled by Antigonus. 3 According to the testimony of Diodorus (XIX, 91, 1), on his way to Babylon and having already entered Mesopotamia (εἰς Μεσοποταμίαν), Seleucus convinced the Macedonians who had settled in Carrhae to join him, forcing the rest [ of the Macedonians?] to also join his forces (τῶν ἐν Κάραις κατῳκισμένων Μακεδόνων οὓς μὲν ἔπεισεν, οὓς δ᾽ ἐβιάσατο συστρατεύειν αὐτῷ). Later on, when he reached Babylon, the majority of the inhabitants agreed to support him, given that he had previously been benevolent to all. 4 Then (XIX, 91, 3) Seleucus was joined by Polyarchus, who was in command of a neighbouring territory (τεταγμένος ἐπί τινος διοικήσεως), contributing

1 This work has been carried out within the framework of the research project PID2019-105281GB-I00, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

2 All dates are before Christ (B. C.), unless otherwise indicated.

3 Regarding the Battle of Gaza, see Diodorus, XIX, 82, 1-84, 8 ; Plutarch, Demetrius, V, 2 ; Justin, XV, 1, 6-9 ; Divine 1984. For the general context of the period, the chronological debate and the return of Seleucus : Will 1966, I, p. 48-64 ; Hauben 1973 ; Meeus 2012 (featuring a rather improbable date for the battle at the beginning of winter 312) ; Grainger 1990, p. 73-75 ; 2014, p. 41-44 ; Capdetrey 2007, p. 25-27.

4 Diodorus, XIX, 91, 2 : ἐκκαλούμενος τὴν εὔνοιαν τοῦ πλήθους.