Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men Who Would Be King

by Boris Chrubasik

Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King focuses on ideas of kingship and power in the Seleukid empire, the largest of the successor states of Alexander the Great. Exploring the question of how a man becomes a king, it specifically examines the role of usurpers in this particular kingdom--those who attempted to become king, and who were labelled as rebels by ancient authors after their demise--by placing these individuals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198786921
• ISBN13: 9780198786924
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"