A teenage king in 223 BC, Antiochus III inherited an empire in shambles, ravaged by civil strife and eroded by territori
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Table of contents :
Abbreviations
Maps
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Seleucid Empire
Chapter 2 The War with Molon
Chapter 3 Seleucid Institutions
Chapter 4 The Battle of Raphia
Chapter 5 The Defeat of Achaeus
Chapter 6 The Anabasis
Chapter 7 Brave New World
Chapter 8 The Roman War
Chapter 9 The Battle of Magnesia
Chapter 10 The End of a Dynasty
Appendix I: Dynasties of the Hellenistic World (to c.150 BC)
Appendix II: Children of Antiochus III
Appendix III: Seleucid Timeline to 187 BC
Appendix IV: International Timeline: 220–187 BC
Notes
Selected Bibliography