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| Posted by: .George Washington |
I enjoyed the Jewish Revolt AD 66-74 and was wondering why not a CAMPAIGN title from Osprey on the 167-160 BC Jewish revolt against the Greek Seleucids? It involved many battles and the color plates would be good, with some battles fought during the revolt against the Romans. comments and suggestions please.
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29/12/2013 05:11:00
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Posted by: achim Total Posts: 40 Joined Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 |
Well, yes, with the Maccabee revolt and their posterior Campaigns as High Priests and Kings, Osprey could sureley do at least a nice Essential History Book! If we venture to some guesswork on how and where certain skirmishes and battles were fought, maybe even a Campaign Book would be possible! . George Washington...., sorry but can you clarify your last half sentence for me please? "Some battles fought during the revolt against the Romans"?? . Maccabees and Romans had only diplomatic contact with each other! Neither did they fight against each other, nor did they ever combine in coalition to fight others (the Seleukids for instance)! . When Pompeius Magnus came to Palestine, the Maccabee Dynasty was already finished...
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29/12/2013 17:28:00
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Posted by: .George Washington Total Posts: 164 Joined Date: Friday, 21 June 2013 |
I was referring to the battles fought during the Maccabees revolt that were at the same location the ones were fought against the Romans during the great revolt of AD 70.
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30/12/2013 03:11:00
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Posted by: wardog Total Posts: 3 Joined Date: Thursday, 14 July 2011 |
Yes, the Maccabean revolt played a major role in Jewish history, but also helped in the cause of monotheism. People rising up to defend their right to have one GOD instead of many. Religious liberty was at stake. It definitely should have a book.
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30/12/2013 19:48:00
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Posted by: scratchbuilder Total Posts: 51 Joined Date: Saturday, 6 July 2013 |
Bronze age Egypt has been quite well covered by Osprey in MAA, but the biblical period, the cities of the plain, Solomons empire, the rise and fall of the Macabee's; to name only a few of the highlights, is one of Ospreys black holes. These periods have been extensively excavated and information is available upon which MAA's could be based. Suggestions from other readers please.
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01/01/2014 12:41:00
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Posted by: Amaral Total Posts: 200 Joined Date: Friday, 8 March 2013 |
I support your suggestion, scratchbuilder. But the problem with the Ancient series is that it falls from military history and lands in military archeology, but I always liked archeology so it gets going to me, which is nice...
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05/01/2014 06:59:00
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