The Fall of the Seleukid Empire, 187-75 BC, John D. Grainger.

The Fall of the Seleukid Empire, 187-75 BC, John D. Grainger. 
Looks at the last century of the Seleukid Empire, a period of near constant decline, repeated civil wars and family disputes that eventually saw this powerful empire dwindle away and disappear. A good, convincing narrative produced from a limited number of available sources, following the decline of what was once the largest of the successor states to Alexander the Great
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