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Roman Conquests. Egypt and Judaea

Door John D. Grainger

Categorie	Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer	#220679
Titel	Roman Conquests. Egypt and Judaea
Auteur	Grainger, John D.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Pen & Sword, Barnsley
Jaar van uitgave	2013
ISBN10	1848848234
ISBN13	9781848848238
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra's famous love affair with Marc Antony ensured she was on the wrong side of the Roman civil war between him and Octavian (later to become Caesar Augustus). After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium, Octavian swiftly brought it under direct Roman control, though it took several campaigns to fully subjugate the whole country. These campaigns have previously been largely neglected. Judaea was a constant source of trouble for the Romans, as it had been for the Seleucids, the previous overlords of the region. The Romans at first were content to rule through client king... (Lees verder)s like the infamous Herod but were increasingly sucked in to direct military involvement to suppress religiously-inspired revolts. Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these campaigns, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate. Specially-commissioned colour plates by the renowned Graham Sumner bring the main troop types vividly to life in meticulously-researched detail.
Pagina's	206
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 15,00

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