The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile
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The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile

Studies in Waterborne Power

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The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile

Studies in Waterborne Power

About this book

With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.

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Yes, you can access The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile by Kostas Buraselis,Mary Stefanou,Dorothy J. Thompson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Ancient History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781107033351
eBook ISBN
9781107353015
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. Abbreviations
  6. In memoriam F. W. Walbank
  7. Chapter 1 Introduction
  8. Chapter 2 The Ptolemaic League of Islanders
  9. Chapter 3 Callicrates of Samos and Patroclus of Macedon, champions of Ptolemaic thalassocracy
  10. Chapter 4 Rhodes and the Ptolemaic kingdom: the commercial infrastructure
  11. Chapter 5 Polybius and Ptolemaic sea power
  12. Chapter 6 Ptolemaic grain, seaways and power
  13. Chapter 7 Waterborne recruits: the military settlers of Ptolemaic Egypt
  14. Chapter 8 Our Academic visitor is missing: Posidippus 89 (A-B) and -smart capital’ for the thalassocrats
  15. Chapter 9 Aspects of the diffusion of Ptolemaic portraiture overseas
  16. Chapter 10 Ptolemies and piracy
  17. Chapter 11 The Nile police in the Ptolemaic period
  18. Chapter 12 Hellenistic royal barges
  19. Chapter 13 Eudoxus of Cyzicus and Ptolemaic exploration of the sea route to India
  20. Chapter 14 Timosthenes and Eratosthenes: sea routes and Hellenistic geography
  21. Chapter 15 Claudius Ptolemy on Egypt and East Africa
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index