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Cargando... Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World (2020)por Duane W. Roller
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Time flies when you're having fun, and it seemed like only yesterday that I had read Adrienne Mayor's "The Poison King," a biography of Mithridates the Great, one of the Roman Republic's most determined enemies; turns out that was over a decade ago at this point! So, the question then becomes whether I prefer Roller's book over the earlier work, and the answer has to be yes, seeing as Roller gives you a history of the whole Pontic dynasty, how they fit in to the Hellenistic milieu, and gives you a better context for the career of Mithridates. This is at the same time that Roller is spending quality time on the travails of Rome, and its never ending cycle of conquest and retaliation, sustained by a foundation of organization that was just better than all the Republic's competitors. Roller's work is a bit dryer than Mayor's book, but it does seem considerably more reliable. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties not founded by a successor of Alexander the Great. It also posed one of the greatest challenges to Roman imperial expansion in the east. Not until 63 BC, after many violent clashes, was Rome able to subjugate the kingdom and its last charismatic ruler Mithridates VI. This book provides the first general history, in English, of this important kingdom from its mythic origins in Greek literature (e.g., Jason and the Golden Fleece) to its entanglements with the late Roman Republic. Duane Roller presents its rulers and their complex relationships with the powers of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, most notably Rome. In addition, he includes detailed discussions of Pontos' cultural achievements--a rich blend of Greek and Persian influences as well as its political and military successes, especially under Mithridates VI, who proved to be as formidable a foe to Rome as Hannibal. Previous histories of Pontos have focused almost exclusively on the career of its last ruler. Setting that famous reign in its wide historical context, Empire of the Black Sea is an engaging and definitive account of a powerful yet little-known ancient dynasty. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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