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Surviving the Seleucids: Subject Peoples and the Manipulation of Imperial Ideology / Elijah Vieira-Faria

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This thesis seeks to create a new approach to the study of the Seleucid Empire. Existing Seleucid scholarship examines the empire from a ‘top-down’ perspective and is primarily concerned with the activities of the Seleucids themselves. This thesis offers a new approach to the study of the Seleucids...

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Published: Swansea, Wales, UK 2025
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Doctoral
Degree name: Ph.D
Supervisor: Harrison, Stephen ; Pretzler, Maria
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