The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III: 223 - 187 BC
By: John D. Grainger
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
Brings to life “a major figure in the Hellenistic World . . . in his own right, rather than as just…
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4.16
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2. The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
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4.22
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4.19
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5. Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1)
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4.12
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4.26
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4.04
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3.82
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3.36
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3.67
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3.00
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26. The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III: 223 - 187 BC
By: John D. Grainger
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
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27. Mithridates the Great: Rome's Indomitable Enemy
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4.19
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4.26
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29. Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire
By: Ian Hughes
4.03
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30. Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State (Hellenistic Culture & Society)
By: Richard A. Billows
4.22
Format: 534 pages, Hardcover
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