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Loading... Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea (2013)by John D. Grainger
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Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra's famous love affair with Marc Antony ensured she was on the wrong side of the Roman civil war between him and Octavian (later to become Caesar Augustus). After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium, Octavian swiftly brought Egypt under direct Roman control, though it took several campaigns to fully subjugate the whole country. These campaigns have previously been largely neglected.Judaea was a constant source of trouble for the Romans, as it had been for the Seleucids, the previous overlords of the region. The Romans at first were content to rule through client kings like the infamous Herod but were increasingly sucked in to direct military involvement to suppress religiously-inspired revolts.John Grainger's clear narrative and insightful analysis of these campaigns allows the reader to understand how Rome eventually brought this strategically vital region fully within their empire. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)932.022History and Geography Ancient World Ancient Egypt to 640 Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine periods, 332 b.c-640 ad. Roman period, 30 b.c-324 ad.LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |