Rome and the Near Eastern Kingdoms and Principalities, 44-31 BC

A Study of Political Relations During Civil War
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44174-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 663 g

Reihe: Impact of Empire

The study presents a critical analysis of the political relations between Rome and Near Eastern kingdoms and principalities during the age of civil war from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 to Mark Antony’s defeat at Actium in 31 BC. By examining each bilateral relationship separately, it argues that those relations were marked by a large degree of continuity with earlier periods. Circumstances connected to the civil war had only a limited impact on the interstate conduct of the period despite the effects that the strife had on Rome’s domestic politics and the res publica. The ever-present rival Parthia and its external policies were more influential in steering the relations between Rome and Near Eastern powers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

A M van Wijlick, Hendrikus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures

A Note on the Maps, Texts and Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The Near East

2 Structure

3 Sources

4 Client Kings

part 1: Prelude

1 Pompey’s Reorganisation of the Near East, 66–63 BC

1.1 The End of the Great Armenian Empire

1.2 War in the Caucasus and the Relations with the Parthians

1.3 Amisus and the Friendship with Antiochus of Commagene

1.4 Amicitia and Societas

1.5 The War against Darius the Mede and the Dissolution of the Seleucid Kingdom

1.6 Pompey’s Dealings with the Emisenoi and his Reorganisation of the Princedom of Chalcis

1.7 The Reorganisation of Judaea

part 2: 44–42 BC

2 Parthia

2.1 Parthian Support for Cassius

2.2 The Embassy of Labienus and the Battle of Philippi

3 Ptolemaic Kingdom

3.1 Supporting Dolabella

3.2 Recognition for Ptolemy XV Caesarion

4 Judaea

4.1 Judaean Support for the Caesarians in Syria

4.2 The Imposition of Financial Contributions

4.3 Herod’s Promotion

4.4 Internal Conflicts and Cassius

5 Princedom of Chalcis and the Emisenoi

5.1 The Princedom of Chalcis and Caecilius Bassus

5.2 Caecilius Bassus and Emisenian Support

Section 1: 42–31 BC

6 Parthia

6.1 The Parthian Invasion of Syria and Asia Minor

6.2 Antony’s Parthian Campaign

7 Ptolemaic Kingdom

7.1 Antony and Cleopatra in Cilicia

7.2 The Assassination of Arsinoe

7.3 The Territorial Grants of 37/36

7.4 The “Donations of Alexandria” in 34

8 Judaea

8.1 The Quest for Antony’s Favour

8.2 Privileges Restored to Judaeans

8.3&em

Über Autor(innen)

Hendrikus A. M. van Wijlick, Ph.D. (2014), University of Durham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Center for Classical and Medieval Studies at Peking University. His work focuses on Rome’s foreign relations in the eastern Mediterranean in the late Republic and the coinage of the kingdom Cappadocia.