A History of the Ptolemaic Empire.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband stark berieben, Kopfschnitt minimal verschmutzt, Fu�chnitt st�er verschmutzt, sonst guter Zustand / binding heavily rubbed, top edge minimally soiled, bottom edge more soiled, otherwise good condition. - Contents: List of illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and references Introduction PART I The beginning and the golden age of Ptolemaic rule 1 Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I Soter (332�282) Alexander and Egypt (332�323) Ptolemy the satrap (323�306) The rule of Ptolemy I Soter as king (306/4-283/2) 2 The empire under the second and third Ptolemies (282-222) Political development under Ptolemy II Philadelphos (282�246) Politics and imperial history under Ptolemy III Euergetes I (236-222) Ptolemaic activities outside the eastern Mediterranean Situation within the empire Main elements of the policies of the second and third Ptolemies 3 Royal ideology and religious policy from Alexander the Great to Ptolemy III The pharaoh � Egyptian priests and temples Basileus, Hellenistic ruler cult and the Greek gods The search for values to bind together the peoples of the kingdom PART II Change and decline of the Hellenistic state of the Ptolomies 4 Foreign policy and dynastic history from Ptolemy IV to the �Day of Eleusis� (221�168) Ptolemy IV Philopator (221�204) and the Fourth Syrian War (219-217) Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180) and the loss of the eastern Mediterranean empire The first years of Ptolemy VI Philometor and the Sixth Syrian War (180�168) 5 Domestic resistance and the Pharaonic state in Thebes (206-186) 6 The sacred kingship from Ptolemy IV until the early years of Ptolemy VI Egyptian building at the time of Philopator and Epiphanes Priestly decrees and worship of the Ptolemies in the Egyptian community Greek cults of the Ptolemies and dynastic gods PART III The Ptolemic kingdom under the shadow of Roman power 7 History of the kingdom and dynasty from the withdrawal of Antiochos IV to the interlude of Ptolemy XI (168-80) Ptolemy VI Philometor (until 145) Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and his two queens Cleopatra II and III (145-116) Dynastic power struggles at the turn of the century: Ptolemy IX, X and XI(116-80) 8 The final period: Egypt in the political designs of Roman leaders (80-30) Ptolemy XII neos Dionysos (80�51) Cleopatra VII Philopator (51�30) 9 Religious culture and divine kingship from Ptolemy VI to Cleopatra VII The pharaoh and the Egyptian sanctuaries The Hellenistic king and the offices of the eponymous priests from Ptolemy VI to the last years of Ptolemy IX Divine rule under Cleopatra VII Epilogue Fundamentals of the development of the Ptolemaic kingdom Bibliographical supplement Appendix Overview of the events discussed in the history of the Ptolemaic kingdom Stemma 1 The Ptolemic family to Ptolemy V Stemma 2 The Ptolemic family from Ptolemy V to the end of their history Stemma 3 Marriage ties between the Ptolemaic women and the Seleukid court beginning in the mid-second century Index 1 Names of people and gods 2 Geographic terms 3 General index Map 1 The Ptolemaic empire as a great power in the eastern Mediterranean basin Map 2 Ptolemaic Egypt Map 3 Alexandria in 30 bc. ISBN 9780415234894