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  • The Wars of the Maccabees

    by John D. Grainger ...
    An "extraordinary" account of the wars conducted by and against the Maccabean family of rulers in Palestine in the second and first centuries BC ( Midwest Book Review ).By the early second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. But the policy of deliberate Hellenization and suppression of Jewish religious practices by Antiochus IV, sparked a revolt in ... Read more

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  • Sextus Julius Frontinus and the Roman Empire

    Author of 'Stratagems', Advisor to Emperors, Governor of Britain, Pacifier of Wales

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A biography of the renowned Roman general, senator, and civil engineer.Sextus Iulius Frontinus is best known as author of the military handbook Strategems but, in addition to writing this and other works (now lost), he also had a varied and surprisingly influential career in military and civil posts around the Roman Empire. Frontinus loyally served at least six emperors, often acting as a trusted ... Read more

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  • Rome, Parthia & India

    The Violent Emergence of a New World Order, 150–140 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    An account of a decade of upheaval across ancient India and the Mediterranean that would sway the political world order for the next seven-plus centuries.Between 152 and 138 BC a series of wars from Africa to India produced a radically new geopolitical situation. In 150 Rome was confined to the western Mediterranean, and the largest state was the Seleukid empire. By 140 Rome had spread to the ... Read more

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  • The Fall of the Seleukid Empire, 187–75 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Third in the trilogy of the ancient Greek dynasty. "In Grainger's account, the fall of the Seleukid is as enlightening as the rise."—Minerva MagazineThe concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire. In this period, it was riven by dynastic disputes, secessions and rebellions, the religiously inspired insurrection of the Jewish ... Read more

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  • The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III, 223–187 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Brings to life "a major figure in the Hellenistic World . . . in his own right, rather than as just another stepping stone during Rome's rise" (HistoryOfWar.org).The second volume in John Grainger's history of the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reign of Antiochus III. Too often remembered only as the man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia, Antiochus is here revealed as one of the most powerful ... Read more

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  • Traditional Enemies

    Britain's War With Vichy France 1940-42

    by John D. Grainger ...
    After the surrender of the French government in May 1940, the British were concerned that the resources of the French Empire, and particularly the powerful French fleet, would be put at the disposal of the Germans. The British, dependent upon their naval power and the resources of the Empire and Commonwealth to continue the war, sought to neutralize the threat of the French fleet and saw an ... Read more

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  • Roman Conquests: Egypt & Judæa

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Series series Roman Conquests
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Rise of the Seleukid Empire, 323–223 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    The first of three books on the ancient Greek dynasty "reads with the pull of a novel and shows how the new Empire rose and fell."—FiretrenchThe Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world for a century and more between Alexander's death and the rise of Rome. The first king, Seleukos I, established a pattern of rule which was unusually friendly towards his subjects, and his policies ... Read more

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  • Ancient Dynasties

    The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A guide to the over 150 families that ruled the Classical world, from the 10th century BC to the 8th century AD, from western Europe to central Asia.Ancient Dynasties is a unique study of the ruling families of the ancient world known to the Greeks and Romans. The book is in two parts. The first offers analysis and discussion of various features of the ruling dynasties (including the leading ... Read more

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  • The Galatians

    Celtic Invaders of Greece and Asia Minor

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A historian of the ancient world examines the epic rise and fall of the Celtic tribes who invaded the Mediterranean and lands further east.The eastern Celtic tribes, known to the Greeks as Galatians, exploited the waning of Macedonian power after Alexander the Great's death to launch increasingly ambitious raids and expeditions into the Balkans. In 279 BC they launched a major invasion, defeating ... Read more

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  • Hellenistic & Roman Naval Wars, 336–31 BC

    by John D. Grainger ...
    A technological, strategic, and tactical history of ancient naval ships from Alexander to the battle of Actium.The period covered in this book is well known for its epic battles and grand campaigns of territorial conquest, but Hellenistic monarchies, Carthaginians, and the rapacious Roman Republic were scarcely less active at sea. Huge resources were poured into maintaining fleets not only as ... Read more

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  • Climate Change: An Archaeological Study

    How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Responded to Global Warming

    by John D. Grainger ...
    How prehistoric humans coped with the end of the last Ice Age—and catastrophic global warming.Global warming is among the most urgent problems facing the world today. Yet many commentators, and even some scientists, discuss it with reference only to the changing climate of the last century or so. John Grainger takes a longer view and draws on the archaeological evidence to show how our ancestors ... Read more

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