Rome and the Seleukid East: Selected Papers from Seleukid Study Day V, Brussels, 21-23 August 2015

513 Pages·2019·4.421 MB·English, French

by  Altay Coskun (editor), David Engels (editor)

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Seleukos I (312–281) was the strongest among the Successors of Alexander the
Great, and his territory extended as far as Thrace in the West and Pakistan
in the East for over a century. His kingdom reached a new pinnacle under
Antiochos III (223–187), who combined military vigour with political skill,
but also bears responsibility for its harsh defeat at the hands of the Romans,
the ascending superpower in the Mediterranean. This failure did not yet
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Altay COŞKUN and David ENGELS (eds.)
Rome and the Seleukid East
Selected Papers from Seleukid Study Day V,
Brussels, 21–23 August 2015
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Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Altay Co(cid:2)kun and David Engels 9

Introduction
Altay Co(cid:2)kun and David Engels 11

I. The Seleukid Empire under Antiochos III
1. Which Seleukid King Was the First to Establish Friendship with
the Romans? Reflections on a Fabricated Letter (Suet., Claud.
25.3), amicitia with Antiochos III (200–193 BC) and the Lack
thereof with Ilion
Altay Co(cid:2)kun 27

2. Poets and Politics: Antiochos the Great, Hegesianax and the War
with Rome
Marijn S. Visscher 61

3. Echoes of the Persian Wars in the European Phase of the Roman-
Syrian War (with an Emphasis on Plut., Cat. Mai. 12–14)
Eran Almagor 87

4. Where are the Wives? Royal Women in Seleukid Cult Documents
Kyle Erickson 135
II. After Apameia: Seleukid Recovery and Disintegration in the
Shadow of Rome
5. The Seleukid Elephant Corps after Apameia
Nicholas Victor Sekunda 159
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6. Antiochos IV and Rome: The Festival at Daphne (Syria), the
Treaty of Apameia and the Revival of Seleukid Expansionism in
the West
Rolf Strootman 173

7. Reading Backwards: Antiochos IV and his Relationship with
Rome
Benjamin Scolnic 217

8. With Enemies Like This Who Needs Friends? Roman Intervention
in the Hellenistic East and the Preservation of the Seleukid
Patrimony
Richard Wenghofer 255
III. Asia Minor in the Transition from Seleukid to Roman
Hegemony
9. L’influence séleucide sur les dynasties anatoliennes après le traité
d’Apamée
Germain Payen 279

10. L’ombre lointaine de Rome : La Cappadoce à la suite de la paix
d’Apamée
Alex McAuley 309

11. Unlike any Other? The Attalid Kingdom after Apameia
Christoph Michels 333

IV. The Fading Power of the Seleukids, Roman Diplomacy, and
Judaea’s Way to Independence
12. Triangular Epistolary Diplomacy with Rome from Judas
Maccabee to Aristobulos I
Altay Co(cid:2)kun 355

13. The Seleukids, Rome and the Jews (134–76 BC)
Edward D(cid:3)browa 389
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V. Long-Term Perspectives on Babylonia
14. Mais où sont donc passés les soldats babyloniens ? La place des
contingents « indigènes » dans l’armée séleucide
David Engels 403

15. Generals and Cities in Late-Seleukid and Early-Parthian
Babylonia
Gillian Ramsey 435
Epilogue. Rome, the Seleukid East and the Disintegration of the
Largest of the Successor Kingdoms in the 2nd Century BC
Altay Co(cid:2)kun 457
Index nominum 481

Index locorum 489

Preface and Acknowledgements
Altay CO(cid:2)KUN and David ENGELS
It was exactly ten years ago, at the conference ‘Seleukid Dissolution’ (Exeter,
July 2008), that we began exploring the potential of collaborative research in the
field of Hellenistic imperial history. As we shall set out in more detail in the
Introduction, a joined conference panel on Antiochos I soon followed suit
(Waterloo, December 2010), paving the way for a numbered series of Seleukid
Study Days. Our shared interest in the intersection of the Seleukid and Roman
Empires bore its first fruits in the form of several articles on Seleukid kings
which D.E. contributed to A.C.’s database Amici Populi Romani (http://
www.altaycoskun.com/apr) as of summer 2008.
The present volume manifests a more substantial result of our cooperation. It
includes revised and extended versions of 14 (of the 22) papers given at the
workshop ‘Rome and the Seleukid East’ (Seleukid Study Day V), hosted at the
Université libre de Bruxelles, 21–23 August 2015. We have added three chapters
to enhance the value of this book as a reference work for Seleukid-Roman
relations: a study on the beginning of Seleukid-Roman friendship under
Antiochos III (by A.C.), an investigation of the effective or perceived influence
of the Seleukids in the areas after they had been lost during the war with Rome,
192–188 BC (by Germain Payen), and a discussion of the disintegration of the
Seleukid Empire that tries to balance the impact of Roman Imperialism,
Seleukid dynastic rivalries and independence movements in the eastern
territories (by A.C.).
Seeing this volume coming together, we would like to express our gratitude
to all who have lent us their support. First of all, we feel deeply indebted for all
of the inspiration and support that our project ‘Rome and the Seleukid East’ has
been enjoying over the past years. We would therefore like to thank the many
young and established colleagues who have been enriching the interdisciplinary
Seleukid network, especially those who gave presentations and contributed to
the vivid discussions in Brussels, but most of all those who submitted their
written papers and patiently went through the editorial stages with us. Among
them, we name first Kyle Erickson and Gillian Ramsey, not least in appreciation
for the long-term effect of their Seleukid Dissolution conference. In their
continued concern for the subsequent Seleukid Study Days, they have been
joined by Alex McAuley and Richard Wenghofer. We are as thankful to them