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- 题名/责任者:
- Empire of the Black Sea : the rise and fall of the Mithridatic world / Duane W. Roller.
- 出版发行项:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- ISBN:
- 9780190887841
- 载体形态项:
- xii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- 其他载体形态:
- Online version: Roller, Duane W. Empire of the Black Sea. New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780190887865
- 个人责任者:
- Roller, Duane W., author.
- 个人名称主题:
- Mithridates-VI Eupator,-King of Pontus,-approximately 132 B.C.-63 B.C.
- 地理名称主题:
- Pontus-Kings and rulers.
- 地理名称主题:
- Pontus-History.
- 地理名称主题:
- Black Sea Region-History.
- 地理名称主题:
- Rome-History-Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C.
- 中图法分类号:
- K12
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-258) and index.
- 内容附注:
- Part 1: Pontos to 120 BC -- Pontos -- The Founder -- The Kingdom Becomes an Independent State -- The Arrival of the Romans -- The Collapse of Pergamon -- Part 2: The Last Generation of the Kingdom -- The Rise of Mithridates VI -- The Early Expansion of the Kingdom of Mithridates VI -- The Gathering Storm -- The Eruption of Hostilities -- The Aftermath of the First War -- Lucullus and Mithridates VI -- The Royal Court -- The End of the Mithridatic Kingdom.
- 摘要附注:
- "Existing from the early third century BC to 63 BC, the Mithridatic kingdom of Pontos was one of the most powerful entities in the Mediterranean world. Under a series of vigorous kings and queens, it expanded from a fortress in the mountainous territory of northern Asia Minor to rule almost all the Black Sea perimeter. This is the first study in English of this kingdom in its entirety, from its origins under King Mithridates I around 280 BC until its last and greatest king, the erudite and cultured Mithridates VI the Great, fell victim to the expanding ambitions of the Roman Republic in 63 BC. Through a series of astute marriage alliances (one of which produced the ancestors of Cleopatra of Egypt), political acumen, and military ability, the Pontic rulers (most of whom were named Mithridates) dominated the culture and politics of the Black Sea region for over 200 years. There is a thorough exploration of the internal dynamics of the kingdom as well as its relations with the rest of the Mediterranean world, especially the ever-expanding Roman Republic"--
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