UID:
almafu_9958098289602883
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-23821-8
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1-108-43666-8
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1-107-34933-8
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1-139-51964-6
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1-107-34589-8
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1-107-34839-0
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1-107-34214-7
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1-107-34464-6
Content:
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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In memoriam F.W. Walbank /
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Introduction /
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The Ptolemaic League of Islanders /
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Callicrates of Samos and Patroclus of Macedon: champions of Ptolemaic thalassocracy /
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Rhodes and the Ptolemaic kingdom : the commercial infrastructure /
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Polybius and Ptolemaic sea power /
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Ptolemaic grain, seaways and power /
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Waterborne recruits : the military settlers of Ptolemaic Egypt /
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Our academic visitor is missing : Posidippus 89 (A-B) and "smart capital" for the thalassocrats /
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Aspects of the diffusion of Ptolemaic portraiture overseas /
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Ptolemies and piracy /
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The Nile police in the Ptolemaic period /
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Hellenistic royal barges /
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Eudoxus of Cyzicus and Ptolemaic exploration of the sea route to India /
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Timosthenes and Eratosthenes : sea routes and Hellenistic geography /
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Claudius Ptolemy on Egypt and East Africa /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-03335-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-77314-1
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519649
