Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World

by Duane W Roller and Duane W. Roller

Book Overview

What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties not founded by a successor of Alexander the Great. It also posed one of the greatest challenges to Roman imperial expansion in the east. Not until 63 BC, after...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190887842
• ISBN13: 9780190887841
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"