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  • Ancient Dynasties

    The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A guide to the over 150 families that ruled the Classical world, from the 10th century BC to the 8th century AD, from western Europe to central Asia.Ancient Dynasties is a unique study of the ruling families of the ancient world known to the Greeks and Romans. The book is in two parts. The first offers analysis and discussion of various features of the ruling dynasties (including the leading ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kings & Kingship in the Hellenistic World, 350–30 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The social and political aspects of ancient kingship are examined in this historical study of the Hellenistic period.For the crucial centuries between Alexander the Great and the Roman conquest of Macedon, the Mediterranean world was overwhelmingly ruled by kings. This fascinating history examines the work, experience, and preoccupations of these monarchs. Rather than presenting a chronological ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Straits from Troy to Constantinople

    The Ancient History of the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara & Bosporos

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The fascinating history of this pivotal region from the Trojan War to Byzantion's refounding as Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire.In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits, comprising the Dardanelles (or Hellespont), Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were ... Read more

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  • The Ptolemies, Apogee & Collapse

    Ptolemiac Egypt 246–146 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The Second part of this ground-breaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy III, Ptolemy IV, Ptolemy V and Ptolemy VI. The second volume of this ground-breaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy II, III, IV, V and VI, who between them reigned for a century. Ptolemy III's rule brought the acquisition of Cyrenaica (through marriage) and territorial gains in Syria, the Aegean, Asia Minor and ... Read more

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  • The Wars of the Maccabees

    by John D. Grainger ...
    An "extraordinary" account of the wars conducted by and against the Maccabean family of rulers in Palestine in the second and first centuries BC ( Midwest Book Review ).By the early second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. But the policy of deliberate Hellenization and suppression of Jewish religious practices by Antiochus IV, sparked a revolt in ... Read more

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  • The United Kingdom

    The Unification & Disintegration of Britain Since AD 43

    by John D. Grainger ...
    "A salient, measured, and illuminating study of history with reflections on what Britain's past means for its present and future, highly recommended." — Midwest Book ReviewJohn Grainger examines the long and erratic process by which the British Isles was gradually (and as it turns out, temporarily) unified over the course of eighteen centuries, and the subsequent beginnings of the process of ... Read more

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  • The Rise of the Seleukid Empire, 323–223 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The first of three books on the ancient Greek dynasty "reads with the pull of a novel and shows how the new Empire rose and fell."—FiretrenchThe Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world for a century and more between Alexander's death and the rise of Rome. The first king, Seleukos I, established a pattern of rule which was unusually friendly towards his subjects, and his policies ... Read more

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  • The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III, 223–187 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Brings to life "a major figure in the Hellenistic World . . . in his own right, rather than as just another stepping stone during Rome's rise" (HistoryOfWar.org).The second volume in John Grainger's history of the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reign of Antiochus III. Too often remembered only as the man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia, Antiochus is here revealed as one of the most powerful ... Read more

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  • Hellenistic & Roman Naval Wars, 336–31 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A technological, strategic, and tactical history of ancient naval ships from Alexander to the battle of Actium.The period covered in this book is well known for its epic battles and grand campaigns of territorial conquest, but Hellenistic monarchies, Carthaginians, and the rapacious Roman Republic were scarcely less active at sea. Huge resources were poured into maintaining fleets not only as ... Read more

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  • Antipater's Dynasty

    Alexander the Great's Regent and his Successors

    by John D. Grainger ...
    " A compelling review of Antipater and his family . . . A gripping story of a real game of thrones" from the author of the Seleukid Empire trilogy ( Firetrench).Antipater was a key figure in the rise of Macedon under Philip II and instrumental in the succession of Alexander III (the Great). Alexander entrusted Antipater with ruling Macedon in his long absence and he defeated the Spartans in 331 ... Read more

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  • The Roman Imperial Succession

    by John D. Grainger ...
    An investigation of how a man could become a Roman emperor, and the failure to create an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor.John D. Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus's system was a mixture of heredity, senatorial, and military ... Read more

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  • The Forty Sieges of Constantinople

    The Great City's Enemies & Its Survival

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The great city of Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul stands on a commanding cape overlooking a busy waterway. It has been the target of repeated attempts to capture it for the past two and a half millennia. Most of these attacks failed, but some did so in spectacular fashion, such as the great Arab sieges. The inhabitants fought hard in almost every siege, with the result that when the city was ... Read more

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