Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age

253 Pages·1984·3.429 MB·English

by  Richard M. Berthold

Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age

Rhodes in the
Hellenistic Age
By
RICHARD M. BERTHOLD

Cornell University Press
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First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 2009
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Contents
PREFACE
II
ABBREVIATIONS
I$
1. The Fourth Century
19
2. The Rhodian State
38
3. The Diadochi and the Great Siege
$9
4. The Third Century
81
S. Philip V and the Appeal to Rome
102
6. Rome and the Second Macedonian War
125
7. The War with Antiochus III
147
8. The Lycian Revolt and a Bride for Perseus
167
9. The Third Macedonian War
179
[8] Contents
10. The End of Rhodian Independence
195
11. The Long Twilight
213
APPENDIXES
1. The First Contact with Rome
233
2. Rhodian Fleet Strength in 190
238
3. Q. Marcius Philippus and the Rhodians
240
INDEX
244
Maps
1. The Siege of Rhodes
70
2. Western Anatolia
114