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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-13 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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Rolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 33
The Hellenistic Court
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-14 - Publisher: Classical Press of Wales

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Hellenistic courts were centres of monarchic power, social prestige and high culture in the kingdoms that emerged after the death of Alexander. They were places
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Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is a cutting-edge exploration of ancient queenship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dyn
Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires
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This volume presents new research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. It addresses the interactions of rulers and and elite
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires
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First comparative analysis of the role of local elites and populations in the formation of the two main Hellenistic empires.