Roman conquests : Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia / Richard Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Richard J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--History, Military.

Turkey.

Syria--History, Military.

Syria.

Armenia--History, Military.

Armenia.

Rome--History, Military.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire [England] : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While conquering Greece and Macedonia the Romans defeated an intervention by the Seleucid Empire, the most powerful of the Hellenistic states founded by Alexander the Great's successors. Soon Roman armies crossed to Asia for the first time to carry the war to the Seleucids. Here they faced one of the most sophisticated armies of the ancient world, evolved from Alexander's all-conquering war machine with the exotic additions of elephants, scythed chariots and heavily armoured cataphract cavalry. The Seleucids also possessed a formidable navy. The Roman army defeated the Seleucids at the epic ba

Contents:

List of Plates; Acknowledgement; Introduction; Maps; Abbreviations; 1. Roman Interest in Asia Minor and the East; 2. The Seleucids of Syria; 3. The States of Asia Minor; 4. Rome and Antiochus III; 5. From Magnesia to the 'Asian Vespers'; 6. Mithridates VI Eupator - The First War; 7. The Adventure of Murena; 8. The Third Mithridatic War; 9. Mithridates on the Run; 10. Mithridates and Pompey the Great; 11. Pompey's Settlement of Asia Minor and Syria; Appendix 1: The Ancient Sources; Appendix 2: Chronology of the Mithridatic Wars; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78337-020-3

1-299-20016-8

1-84884-974-5

OCLC:

797917280