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A Revised Text of Cicero’s Pro Lege Manilia
No full textThis thesis proposes a newer edition of the critical text of Cicero's Pro Lege Manilia to build on the 1905 Oxford edition by Clark which is still the most popular in English scholarship. Much of the text and its methodological approach are derived from Reis' later 1933 Teubner edition. The study synthesizes these earlier editions with the prosopographical and philological scholarship that has been published since, including a highly controversial view that Mendner most recently asserted (1966) that an extended passage of the text is an interpolation
Apama and Stratonike: Marriage and Legitimacy
Full text linkThis paper argues that the first two Seleukid Queens, Apama and Stratonike, played a pivotal role
in the development of the dynastic mythology. The latter drew heavily on Near Eastern and
Persian traditions, and the often stock role of the Queen may have been in fact filled by either of
the two women. Nonetheless, both women played an important part in the development of
Seleukid ideology. The first two sections study the evidence for Apama and Stratonike
respectively and try to locate them into their family context, their ethnic affiliations and the
political implications of these factors for their roles as royal consorts. The next two sections
analyse Persian and other Oriental traditions that affected the creation of their queenly roles at the
Seleukid court and in the imagination of later generations
Seleukid Research Bibliography
Full text linkThe Bibliography Project of the Seleucid Study Group seeks to foster and facilitate further enquiry into the Seleucid realm by amassing as comprehensive a bibliography as possible detailing extant scholarship on the Seleucid world.
Any and all facets of the Seleucid realm - including the precedents by which it was inspired and the contemporaries with which it interacted - are or will be represented in the bibliography. The project aims to encompass the fields of historiography, numismatics, epigraphy, archaeology, and any other related disciplines in a comprehensive manner in order to expose scholars to extant research of which they would otherwise be unaware
L’ombre lointaine de Rome: La Cappadoce à la suite de la paix d’Apamée
No full textThis article re-considers prevailing scholarly stereotypes on the impact of the Peace of Apameia of 188 B.C. on Asia Minor by examining in detail the case study of Cappadocia. The pre-war relationship between the Cappadocian kings and the Seleucids is considered, followed by a detailed examination of the precise stipulations of the peace and Roman negotiations with Cappadocia. Several events in the decades following the peace are then considered in order to evaluate whether Rome was tangibly engaged in the local administration of this region and its Anatolian contemporaries. By an examination of the Pontic War and the Senate’s response thereto, along with the mysterious dynastic intervention of the Queen Antiochis recounted by Diodorus and the succession dispute between Ariarathes V and his brother Orophernes, this paper argues that Rome was a distant, often ineffectual power whose decisions regarding the region were often ignored. The most prominent consequence of the peace of Apameia is thus not the beginning of Roman dominion in Asia Minor, but the emergence of a local dynastic network in which previous vassals of the Seleucids interacted and competed with one another beneath a loose Attalid hegemony
Royal propaganda and the creation of royal status for Seleukos I
Full text linkRecent research has elucidated a variety of facets of Hellenistic ideology in general and Seleukid ideology in particular. The present chapter seeks to synthesize the
major elements of myth creation and argues, using the fragmented narrative of Appian as a starting point, that it was actively pursued under Seleukos I. Emphasis is put on the historical context of each element of the narrative. A comparison is made to the models set by Alexander the Great, the Ptolemies, Antigonids and Lysimachos, to highlight how
Seleukos engaged in the early Hellenistic dialogue on kingship to develop his own royal persona and succeeded in passing his empire intact onto his son
Princess and tigress: Apama of Cyrene
No full textThe contributions of this volume offer a systematic scrutiny of the representation of female Seleukids in visual and textual media
Seleukid royal women: Creation, representation and distortion of hellenistic queenship in the Seleukid Empire
No full textThe study of royal women has been one of the most dynamic fields of inquiry into the Hellenistic world (ca. 336–30 BC) and has dramatically shifted our perceptions of gender, status, and influence in the ancient world. Amid numerous works on the Ptolemies, Antigonids, and Argeads, this volume is the first to examine the roles and representations of the women of the Seleukid dynasty and its clients. These royal women were born or married into a dynasty that ruled an empire spanning dozens of cultures and languages, encompassing territory from western Asia Minor to modern-day Afghanistan. As representatives of their family's prestige, they were highly influential in shaping the culture and legacy of this Empire that spanned East and West.
The contributions of this volume offer a systematic scrutiny of the representation of female Seleukids in visual and textual media. Avoiding Eurocentric perspectives in favour of embracing the diversity of the Empire, these scholars examine the interaction of Seleukid women with royal traditions ranging from Persia, Bactria, and Judaea to their Hellenistic contemporaries. The result is a landmark achievement in the study of ancient women
The Chronology of the Asylia Dossier from Kos Revisited in Light of Some Recent Epigraphic Discoveries
Full text linkWhile the Third Syrian War was raging, the Koans deployed substantial diplomatic
efforts to have the asylia of their Asklepieion and the panhellenic penteteric games recognized
throughout the Mediterranean world. In the 1950s, Günther Klaffenbach and Mortimer Chambers
presented what was to become the consensus chronology: they saw the theoroi visit several
royal courts and many more Greek poleis largely in summer 242 BCE, before the first games
were held at Kos around May 241 BCE. This consensus has now been challenged by Dimitris
Bosnakis and Klaus Hallof (Chiron 50, 2020, 287–326), who suggest dating the events one year
earlier, based on six recently-found documents. These include a letter of king ‘Zigelas’ (sc.
Ziaelas of Bithynia), dated to year 39 of an uncertain era. The present article tries to argue instead
that the grant of asylia by several kings likely happened in 243, whereas the campaign in support
of the Asklepieia unfolded from spring to autumn 242, before the first Asklepieia were held in
241 BCE. This chronological revision has important ramification for other aspects of 3rd-century
BCE history, such as the biography of Antigonos Gonatas (whose basileia began in 283/82 BCE)
and the start of the first dynastic era of Bithynia (281 BCE). Moreover, queen Laodike, the author
of another new letter, should be identified with the wife of Antiochos Hierax, and further with
the author of the anonymous royal letter earlier attributed to Seleukos II. The letter previously
assigned to the Bosporan king Spartokos IV may rather be from Mithradates II of Pontos. The
epigraphic evidence shows the Koans steadfast in their loyalty to Ptolemy III Euergetes, whereas
the second letters from the courts of Nikomedeia and Sardeis may hint at a gradual shift of
Ziaelas and Hierax away from Ptolemy towards Seleukos II
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