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Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Early Seleucids

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This book offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of the ideology of kingship and empire under the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the early Seleucids. It explores key issues thematically such as legitimation, representations of empire and royal space. Through this method, Stephen Har...

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ISBN: 9781474466387 9781474466400
Published: Edinburgh 2025
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