Table of Contents
Maps and Tables vi
Introduction x
Chapter 1 The Beginning of the End (187-170BC) 1
Chapter 2 The Wars of Antiochos Epiphanes (170-164BC) 16
Chapter 3 The Advent of Demetrios I (164-159BC) 36
Chapter 4 The Problems of Demetrios I (160-150BC) 50
Chapter 5 The Destruction of Alexander Balas (150-145BC) 66
Chapter 6 The Travails of Demetrios II (145-138BC) 77
Chapter 7 The New Seleukid Kingdom (139-131 BC) 88
Chapter 8 Defeat (131-129BC) 106
Chapter 9 Dynastic Conflict (129-121BC) 116
Chapter 10 The Kingdom Failing (121-108BC) 136
Chapter 11 Destruction in the South (108-96BC) 151
Chapter 12 Survival in the North (103-88BC) 166
Chapter 13 The End of the Seleukids (88-75BC) 181
Conclusion - The Seleukid Legacy 200
Notes and References 208
Abbreviations 227
Bibliography 228
Index 232