"This volume is a collection of papers given at the conference 'Seleukid Dissolution' ..."--P. [11].
"'Seleukid Dissolution: The Sinking of the Anchor, Fragmentation and Transformation of Empire' was held at the University of Exeter, 14-17 July 2008"--P. [13].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : the sinking of the anchor? / Gillian Ramsey and Kyle Erickson -- Middle Eastern 'feudalism' and Seleucid dissolution / David Engels -- Seleucid administration -effectiveness and dysfunction among officials / Gillian Ramsey -- Apollo-Nabû: the Babylonian policy of Antiochus I / Kyle Erickson -- Antiochus IV and his Jewish subjects: political, cultural and religious interaction / G.G. Aperghis -- Galatians and Seleucids: a century of conflict and cooperation / Altay Coşkun -- Nysa - a Seleucid princess in Anatolian context / Cristian E. Ghiţă -- The last days of a Seleucid city: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates and its temple / Nicholas L. Wright -- A late Seleucid housing insula at Jebel Khalid in North Syria: archaeological evidence for chronology and lifestyle / Heather Jackson -- Seleucid dynastic foundation myths: Antioch and Seleuceia-in-Pieria / Daniel Ogden -- Kings, philosophers and drunkards: Athenaeus' information on the Seleucids / Paola Ceccarelli -- Posidonius of Apameia and Strabo of Amasia on the decline of the Seleucid kingdom / Johannes Engels -- Seleucid coins from the National Museum of Iran / Zohreh Baseri -- Index.
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Seleucids, Congresses.
Feudalism-- Syria, Congresses.
Syria, History, To 333 B.C., Congresses.
Syria, Civilization, Congresses.
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Erickson, Kyle.
Ramsey, Gillian Catherine.
Engels, David.
Aperghis, G. G., (Gerassimos George)
University of Exeter.
Seleukid Dissolution: The Sinking of the Anchor, Fragmentation and Transformation of Empire(2008 :, University of Exeter, UK)