The article deals with the Classical historiographical tradition about the Babylonian, Greek-speaking scholar Berossos as regards his treatment of the history of the Neo-Assyrian empire and of its frequente and difficult relations with Babylonia, especially considering the ideological and historical approach to the model of the supranational empire developed by the Assyrian kings as related to the successive Babylonian Persian and Seleucidic empires.

Babyloniaca, Book 3: Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians

LANFRANCHI, GIOVANNI-BATTISTA
2013

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The article deals with the Classical historiographical tradition about the Babylonian, Greek-speaking scholar Berossos as regards his treatment of the history of the Neo-Assyrian empire and of its frequente and difficult relations with Babylonia, especially considering the ideological and historical approach to the model of the supranational empire developed by the Assyrian kings as related to the successive Babylonian Persian and Seleucidic empires.
2013
The World of Berossos. Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on The Ancient Near East between Classical and Ancient Oriental Traditions, Hatfield College, Durham, 7th-9th July 2010
4th International Colloquium on The Ancient Near East between Classical and Ancient Oriental Traditions
9783447067287
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