The House of Achaios: reconstructing an early client dynasty of Seleukid Anatolia

McAuley, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2481-4431 2018. The House of Achaios: reconstructing an early client dynasty of Seleukid Anatolia. Erickson, Kyle, ed. The Seleukid Empire 281-222 BC: War Within the Family, Wales: Classical Press of Wales, pp. 37-58. (10.2307/j.ctvb93898.6)

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Abstract

For nearly the entire first century of Seleukid rule a substantial portion of Anatolia stretching from Lydia and Phrygia through to the Kilikian Gates was held under the sway of a family whose wealth of contemporary influence is equalled only by the poverty of its attestation. The family is often labelled ‘The House of Achaios’ after its homonymous founder and its final representative: the youngest, the renowned challenger to the throne of Antiochos III, and the oldest, the obscure patriarch of the dynasty. Among the members of Achaios’ family are some of the most influential figures in the first century...

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Classical Press of Wales
ISBN:	978-1-910589-95-3
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 December 2018
Date of Acceptance:	5 August 2018
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2024 09:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/117496

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