From Cyrus to Seleukos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Cyrus to Seleukos write by Pierre Briant. This book was released on 2021-02-01. From Cyrus to Seleukos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The present volume is a collection of articles published in English by Professor Pierre Briant of the Collège de France, in various forms over the past three decades.
The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC
The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC write by Kyle Erickson. This book was released on 2018-12-31. The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Seleukids, the easternmost of the Greek-speaking dynasties which succeeded Alexander the Great, were long portrayed by historians as inherently weak and doomed to decline after the death of their remarkable first king, Seleukos (281 BC). And yet they succeeded in ruling much of the Near and Middle East for over two centuries, overcoming problems of a multi-ethnic empire. In this book an international team of young, established scholars argues that in the decades after Seleukos the empire developed flexible structures that successfully bound it together in the face of a series of catastrophes. The strength of the Seleukid realm lay not simply in its vast swathes of territory, but rather in knowing how to tie the new, frequently non-Greek, nobility to the king through mutual recognition of sovereignty.
Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War
Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War write by Paul A. Rahe. This book was released on 2023-09-26. Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The great expedition to Sicily described in the sixth and seventh books of Thucydides’ history can be depicted in a variety of ways. By some, it has been thoughtfully treated as an example of overreaching on the part of the Athenians. By others, it has been singled out as a sterling example of patriotism, courage, and grit on the part of the Syracusans. Never until now, however, has anyone examined this conflict from a Spartan perspective – despite the fact that Lacedaemon was the war’s principal beneficiary and that her intervention with the dispatch of a single Spartiate – turned the tide and decided the outcome. In Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War, Paul Rahe first outlines the struggle’s origins and traces its progress early on, then examines the reasons for Sparta’s intervention, analyzes the consequences, and retells the story of Athens’ ignominious defeat. Rarely in human history has a political community gained so much at so little cost through the efforts of a single man.
Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia
Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia write by Alexander Nagel. This book was released on 2023-09-14. Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the use of polychromy in the art and architecture of ancient Iran. Focusing on Persepolis, he explores the topic within the context of the modern historiography of Achaemenid art and the scientific investigation of a range of works and monuments in Iran and in museums around the world.
From Cyrus to Alexander
From Cyrus to Alexander - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Cyrus to Alexander write by Pierre Briant. This book was released on 2002-06-23. From Cyrus to Alexander available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Around 550 B.C.E. the Persian people—who were previously practically unknown in the annals of history—emerged from their base in southern Iran (Fars) and engaged in a monumental adventure that, under the leadership of Cyrus the Great and his successors, culminated in the creation of an immense Empire that stretched from central Asia to Upper Egypt, from the Indus to the Danube. The Persian (or Achaemenid, named for its reigning dynasty) Empire assimilated an astonishing diversity of lands, peoples, languages, and cultures. This conquest of Near Eastern lands completely altered the history of the world: for the first time, a monolithic State as vast as the future Roman Empire arose, expanded, and matured in the course of more than two centuries (530–330) and endured until the death of Alexander the Great (323), who from a geopolitical perspective was “the last of the Achaemenids.” Even today, the remains of the Empire-the terraces, palaces, reliefs, paintings, and enameled bricks of Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Susa; the impressive royal tombs of Naqsh-i Rustam; the monumental statue of Darius the Great-serve to remind visitors of the power and unprecedented luxury of the Great Kings and their loyal courtiers (the “Faithful Ones”). Though long eclipsed and overshadowed by the towering prestige of the “ancient Orient” and “eternal Greece,” Achaemenid history has emerged into fresh light during the last two decades. Freed from the tattered rags of “Oriental decadence” and “Asiatic stagnation,” research has also benefited from a continually growing number of discoveries that have provided important new evidence-including texts, as well as archaeological, numismatic, and iconographic artifacts. The evidence that this book assembles is voluminous and diverse: the citations of ancient documents and of the archaeological evidence permit the reader to follow the author in his role as a historian who, across space and time, attempts to understand how such an Empire emerged, developed, and faded. Though firmly grounded in the evidence, the author’s discussions do not avoid persistent questions and regularly engages divergent interpretations and alternative hypotheses. This book is without precedent or equivalent, and also offers an exhaustive bibliography and thorough indexes. The French publication of this magisterial work in 1996 was acclaimed in newspapers and literary journals. Now Histoire de l’Empire Perse: De Cyrus a Alexandre is translated in its entirety in a revised edition, with the author himself reviewing the translation, correcting the original edition, and adding new documentation. Pierre Briant, Chaire Histoire et civilisation du monde achémenide et de l’empire d’Alexandre, Collège de France, is a specialist in the history of the Near East during the era of the Persian Empire and the conquests of Alexander. He is the author of numerous books. Peter T. Daniels, the translator, is an independent scholar, editor, and translator who studied at Cornell University and the University of Chicago. He lives and works in New York City.
