HISTORY 131B Lecture 10: Lecture 10
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Lecture 10: antioch- syria, selecuids lost gradually the north eastern provinces (bactria, sogdiana, seleucus i: continuity & change. Combined his royal ideology with iranian royal one. Prestend himself as co-founder of empire (alexander- seleucus) follow cyrus the great pattern. Patronage a word expressing the civil policy of the seleucids intimes of peace. Soter (savior: satrapy greek strategazos iranian origin appointed during seleucid administration, established antiochs adopted helinistic cities (gym, theater, parliament, antiochus iii the first eleucid king established state veneration of himself, graeco- iranian cults; zeus-oromasdes, apollo-mithras/ hercules- verethraghna.
