Laodicea holds an important place in history. Founded on the site of an earlier city by Antiochus II, king of the Seleucid Empire, between 261 and 253 BCE, it was named in honor of his wife Laodice.

First published in 2014, and now available in paperback, this study by Prof. Kosmin (Harvard) takes a look at the Seleucid Kingdom, which came closest to reviving Alexander’s empire. Ptolemaic Egypt ...