Conference Presentations by Omar Coloru
"Velut exangues: guerra civile e guerra dinastica come fattori della caduta del regno greco-battriano", paper presented at the workshop "Degenerating Powers. Il potere che (si) corrompe", Università di Genova, 29-30 September 2021
Of the various Hellenistic monarchies, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom is among the least known due to... more Of the various Hellenistic monarchies, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom is among the least known due to the fragmentary condition of the sources that have come down to us.The attention of the ancients authors seems to have been focused on the elements that led to its birth and expansion into Central Asia and India, but the factors that caused its collapse (external threats, civil wars and dynastic wars) exerted an even greater fascination to the point of transforming the fall of the kingdom and the death of one of its last rulers into exempla that enjoyed a long-lasting popularity.
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Conference Presentations by Omar Coloru