The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power

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Kostas Buraselis is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Athens. He is the author of several books including most recently Kos between Hellenism and Rome (2000) and is also editor/co-editor of various collected volumes and author of numerous articles and reviews especially on topics in Hellenistic and Roman history. Mary Stefanou is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Athens and Professor of Philology in Secondary Education in Greece. She has acted as a co-editor to various collected volumes and has translated books on ancient history into Greek. Dorothy J. Thompson was until her retirement Newton Trust Affiliated Lecturer in Ancient History in the Faculty of Classics. She remains a Fellow of Girton College and is still actively involved in lecturing and research. She has taken part in archaeological excavations in Greece Turkey and Egypt and is a Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary President of the International Association of Papyrologists. Her books include Memphis under the Ptolemies (1988 awarded the James H. Breasted Prize by the American Historical Association 2nd edition 2012) and Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt (2006 with Willy Clarysse).