Antiochus III the Great: References & Edit History

Edwin Robert Bevan, The House of Seleucus, 2 vol. (1902; reprinted 1966), is the primary source in English; W.W. Tarn, The Cambridge Ancient History, 7:723–726 (1928); E. Will, Histoire politique du monde hellénistique, vol. 2 (1967), short biographical sketches; J. Seibert, Historia-Einzelschrift, 10:60 (1967), explains Antiochus’ politics in marriage; H.H. Schmitt, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte Antiochos des Grossen und seiner Zeit (1964), treats the first 25 years of his reign and his policies; E. Badian, “Rome and Antiochus the Great: A Study in Cold War,” Classical Philology, 54:81–99 (1959), describes the negotiations between Rome and Antiochus before the war of 192–188 bc; H. Bengtson, Die Strategie in der hellenistischen Zeit, vol. 2 (1944), delineates his administrative reforms; G.M.A. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vol. 3 (1965), discusses the preserved portrait of Antiochus.