The House of Seleucus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108082754)

Edwyn Bevan (1870-1943) remarks in his preface to this two-volume work of 1902 that there is 'much to discourage an attempt to write a history of the Seleucid dynasty', notably 'how often the narrative must halt for deficiency of materials'. However, Bevan, a scholar of early Christianity as well as of the Hellenistic period, pulls together written and archaeological sources to present an account of the creation of an eastern empire by Seleucus, one of the successors of Alexander the Great. Beginning with an account of Hellenism in the east, Bevan describes the conflict between the generals after Alexander's death, and the complexity of the events which led Seleucus from governorship in Babylon to exile, and to the eventual conquest of an empire which spread from the Aegean Sea to the borders of India. Volume 1 covers the period until the succession of Antiochus III in 222 BCE.

Author: Edwyn Robert Bevan
ISBN-10: 1108082750
ISBN-13: 9781108082754
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2015
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d