Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Maps viii
Maps ix
Genealogical Tables xiii
Abbreviations xvi
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1 The Dispute 1
Chapter 2 Terrorism and Guerrilla War 9
Chapter 3 Victories 17
Chapter 4 The Beginnings of Imperialism 27
Chapter 5 Defeat 39
Chapter 6 Achieving Independence 51
Chapter 7 The Defence of Independence 67
Chapter 8 Early Conquests 77
Chapter 9 The Samarian War 85
Chapter 10 Internal Upheavals and the Ptolemaic War 93
Chapter 11 Gadora and Gaza 101
Chapter 12 War in the East 109
Chapter 13 The First Civil War 113
Chapter 14 The Second Eastern War 119
Chapter 15 A War for Damascus 131
Chapter 16 The Second Civil War 135
Chapter 17 The First Roman War 143
Chapter 18 The Second Roman War 149
Chapter 19 The Parthian War - and Herod 157
Chapter 20 Conclusion: a Belligerent Dynasty 165
Notes 167
Bibliography 181
Index 185