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With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea -
both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book
offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key
period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire
of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with
that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is
subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the
transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in
grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used
their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal
portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new
capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers;
geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and
observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.
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