This paper investigates the degree to which Antiochus III’s treatment of Jerusalem conforms to a common Seleucid model. It develops this through a comparison with the same king’s treatment of Sardis in 213 BCE. It then attempts to identify a local cultural script deployed by the Seleucid court in its conquest of Judea. The paper concludes by raising some broader methodological questions.
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This paper investigates the degree to which Antiochus III’s treatment of Jerusalem conforms to a common Seleucid model. It develops this through a comparison with the same king’s treatment of Sardis in 213 BCE. It then attempts to identify a local cultural script deployed by the Seleucid court in its conquest of Judea. The paper concludes by raising some broader methodological questions.
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