When the vast empire of Alexander the Great broke up, the Macedonian general Seleucus secured the lion’s share for himself and went on to become the longest-l

Seleucus was the last surviving of the successors of Alexander the Great and the one who conquered the largest part of Alexander's empire. He was later given th

Persian empire and earlier Middle Eastern states. They investigate the economies, social structures, political systems and cultures of the many peoples making u

Dedicated to Getzel M. Cohen, a leading expert in Seleucid history, this volume gathers 45 contributions on Seleucid history, archaeology, numismatics, politica

In the chaos that followed the death of Alexander the Great his distinguished marshal Seleucus was reduced to a fugitive, with only a horse to his name. But by