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A Fight to Reclaim the Central Asian Frontier. The Seleucid and Parthian Rivalry in the 230s BC

Nikolaus Leo Overtoom

Studia Hercynia > 2021 > 25 > 1 > 105-118

This article investigates the initial conflict between the Parthians and Seleucids in the late 230s BC that established a much longer period of rivalry between these opposing forces. Arsaces I founded the independent Parthian kingdom in northeastern Iran during a period of geopolitical crisis throughout the Hellenistic Middle East. Although he successfully removed and replaced the rebellious Seleucid...

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The Delegation to Seleucos II at Baiseira. A Brief Note

Omar Coloru

Electrum > 2018 > 25 > 9-12

This contribution discusses the location of Baiseira, where Seleucos II, during his campaign against the Parthians, gave an audience to a delegation from a group of villages involved in horse breeding. The article challenges the assumption that the epistle comes from Drangiana and suggests that it better fits the context of appeals to the king from Media.

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Arsacid Dynastic Marriages

Edward Dąbrowa

Electrum > 2018 > 25 > 73-83

Dynastic marriages in the Hellenistic world were an important diplomatic tool that provided distinct political benefits to one or both of the parties involved. The Parthian rulers from the Arsacid dynasty also engaged in such unions with other ruling houses. Surviving sources contain information on such marriages with the members of the Seleucid family, the Artaxiad dynasty, which ruled in Armenia,...

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„Da richteten sie in Jerusalem ein Gymnasion her, wie es auch die Heiden hatten.“ Das Gymnasion von Jerusalem und der Aufstand der Makkabäer: Sport, Religion und Politik.

David Engels

Electrum. Journal of Ancient History > 2014 > Volume 21 > 43–71

The following paper presents an extensive overview over the motivations, circumstances and consequences of the foundation of an Hellenistic gymnasium and the constitution of a civic group of “Antiochenes” within early Seleucid Jerusalem by the philhellenic Jewish elite gathered around the high priest Jason.

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„Da richteten sie in Jerusalem ein Gymnasion her, wie es auch die Heiden hatten.“ Das Gymnasion von Jerusalem und der Aufstand der Makkabäer: Sport, Religion und Politik.

David Engels

Electrum > 2014 > 21 > 43–71

The following paper presents an extensive overview over the motivations, circumstances and consequences of the foundation of an Hellenistic gymnasium and the constitution of a civic group of “Antiochenes” within early Seleucid Jerusalem by the philhellenic Jewish elite gathered around the high priest Jason.

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Die städtischen Eliten der Kolonien der syrischen Tetrapolis zwischen Seleukiden, Armeniern, Parthern und Römern

David Engels

Electrum. Journal of Ancient History > 2013 > 20 > 77–115

The following paper proposes, for the fi rst time, an exhaustive overview over the situation of the late-Hellenistic local elites of the Syrian tetrapolis (Antiochia, Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea), a fi rst part concerning the late-Seleucid situation from the death of Antiochus IV onwards, a second one the movemented decades of the Armenian, Parthian and Roman Republican era. Both parts fi rst analyse...

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Die städtischen Eliten der Kolonien der syrischen Tetrapolis zwischen Seleukiden, Armeniern, Parthern und Römern

David Engels

Electrum > 2013 > 20 > 77–115

The following paper proposes, for the fi rst time, an exhaustive overview over the situation of the late-Hellenistic local elites of the Syrian tetrapolis (Antiochia, Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea), a fi rst part concerning the late-Seleucid situation from the death of Antiochus IV onwards, a second one the movemented decades of the Armenian, Parthian and Roman Republican era. Both parts fi rst analyse...

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LOCAL AND IMPERIAL DATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

Tom Boiy

Electrum. Journal of Ancient History > 2011 > 18 > 9-22

Dating and time-reckoning has always meant a lot more than simply keeping track of time. It is of course true that from very early times onwards all people, either pastoralists or agriculturalist, had to take the seasons - which means the solar cycle - into account for the simple reason of bare survival. Since a year is far too long for many practical arrangements the omnipresence of the moon provided...

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DEMETRIUS III IN JUDEA

Edward Dabrowa

Electrum. Journal of Ancient History > 2011 > 18 > 175-181

Absence of sources is why we know little about the last kings of the Seleucid dynasty and their reigns. One exception is Demetrius III (97/96-88/87 BC), a son of Antiochus VIII Grypus. What knowledge we have of him we owe to his role in the history of Judea at the end of Alexander Jannaeus' reign (103-86 BC). Josephus' historical works suggest that the king of Syria became involved in a conflict which...

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ACHAEUS, THE PTOLEMIES AND THE FOURTH SYRIAN WAR

Tomasz Grabowski

Electrum. Journal of Ancient History > 2011 > 18 > 115-124

The second half of the 3rd century saw the Seleucid monarchy weaken considerably. The reign of Seleucus II brought difficult battles against Ptolemy III Euergetes (the Third Syrian War) and attempts to overcome massive internal problems. During the war against Egypt, he ultimately managed to recapture northern Syria but Ptolemy III held on to the port of Seleucia Pieria, which was key for the Seleucids,...

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ACHAEUS, THE PTOLEMIES AND THE FOURTH SYRIAN WAR

Tomasz Grabowski

Electrum > 2011 > 18 > 115-124

The second half of the 3rd century saw the Seleucid monarchy weaken considerably. The reign of Seleucus II brought difficult battles against Ptolemy III Euergetes (the Third Syrian War) and attempts to overcome massive internal problems. During the war against Egypt, he ultimately managed to recapture northern Syria but Ptolemy III held on to the port of Seleucia Pieria, which was key for the Seleucids,...

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DEMETRIUS III IN JUDEA

Edward Dabrowa

Electrum > 2011 > 18 > 175-181

Absence of sources is why we know little about the last kings of the Seleucid dynasty and their reigns. One exception is Demetrius III (97/96-88/87 BC), a son of Antiochus VIII Grypus. What knowledge we have of him we owe to his role in the history of Judea at the end of Alexander Jannaeus' reign (103-86 BC). Josephus' historical works suggest that the king of Syria became involved in a conflict which...

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LOCAL AND IMPERIAL DATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

Tom Boiy

Electrum > 2011 > 18 > 9-22

Dating and time-reckoning has always meant a lot more than simply keeping track of time. It is of course true that from very early times onwards all people, either pastoralists or agriculturalist, had to take the seasons - which means the solar cycle - into account for the simple reason of bare survival. Since a year is far too long for many practical arrangements the omnipresence of the moon provided...

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A Fight to Reclaim the Central Asian Frontier. The Seleucid and Parthian Rivalry in the 230s BC

The Delegation to Seleucos II at Baiseira. A Brief Note

Arsacid Dynastic Marriages

„Da richteten sie in Jerusalem ein Gymnasion her, wie es auch die Heiden hatten.“ Das Gymnasion von Jerusalem und der Aufstand der Makkabäer: Sport, Religion und Politik.

„Da richteten sie in Jerusalem ein Gymnasion her, wie es auch die Heiden hatten.“ Das Gymnasion von Jerusalem und der Aufstand der Makkabäer: Sport, Religion und Politik.

Die städtischen Eliten der Kolonien der syrischen Tetrapolis zwischen Seleukiden, Armeniern, Parthern und Römern

Die städtischen Eliten der Kolonien der syrischen Tetrapolis zwischen Seleukiden, Armeniern, Parthern und Römern

LOCAL AND IMPERIAL DATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

DEMETRIUS III IN JUDEA

ACHAEUS, THE PTOLEMIES AND THE FOURTH SYRIAN WAR

ACHAEUS, THE PTOLEMIES AND THE FOURTH SYRIAN WAR

DEMETRIUS III IN JUDEA

LOCAL AND IMPERIAL DATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

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