06-29-2008, 09:42 PM
If you can read French, there's a new book by Laurent Capdetrey entitled "Le pouvoir séleucide. Territoire, administration, finances d'un royaume hellénistique (312-129 avant J.C.)" - translated as, "Seleucid Power. Territory, administration, and finances of the Hellenistic kingdom (312-129 BC)."
You can read the BMCR review here. From the sounds of the review, it's a worthy successor to Bikerman with an ample survey of the recent evidence.
You can read the BMCR review here. From the sounds of the review, it's a worthy successor to Bikerman with an ample survey of the recent evidence.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
