The Syrian wars
By: by John D. Grainger.
Series: Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity -- v. 320
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004180505
Subjects: Ptolemaic dynasty, -- 305-30 B.C; Seleucids -- History; Syria -- History, Military; Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Syria's importance revealed; title: Syria divided; title: Cold war; title: The new kings and the first Syrian war; title: Competitive developing; title: The second Syrian war; title: Increasing strains; title: The third war : the "War of Laodike"; title: The Seleukid collapse; title: The fourth war; title: The reversal : the Ptolemaic collapse; title: The fifth war : the triumph of Antiochos III; title: Changing priorities; title: The sixth war and the "day of Eleusis"; title: Mutual troubles and a new agenda; title: The seventh war : the triumph of Ptolemy Philometor; title: The legacy of Philometor; title: The eighth war : the last chance for union; title: The ninth, and last, war.