Grainger, John D.,  1939- <br/><br/>
The Syrian wars  [electronic resource] / 
by John D. Grainger. 
 - Leiden [Netherlands] ;  Boston :  Brill,  2010. 
 - xvii, 447 p. :  maps. 
 - Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity,  v. 320  0169-8958 ; .
 - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.  Supplementum ;  320. Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.  Supplementum.  History and archaeology of classical antiquity. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: Syria's importance revealed -- Syria divided -- Cold war -- The new kings, and the first Syrian war -- Competitive developing -- The second Syrian war -- Increasing strains -- The third war, the 'War of Laodike' -- The Seleukid collapse -- The fourth war -- The reversal, the Ptolemaic collapse -- The fifth war, the triumph of Antiochos III -- Changing priorities -- The sixth war, and the 'day of Eleusis' -- Mutual troubles and a new agenda -- The seventh war, the triumph of Ptolemy Philometor -- The legacy of Philometor -- The eighth war, the last chance for union -- The ninth, and last, war. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Seleucids--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Syria--History, Military.<br/>Syria--History--333 B.C.-634 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS96.2  / .G74 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>939/.4304