The history and archaeology of Hellenistic Commagene is a rich field of study not in the least
because of the remarkable monuments and inscriptions of king Antiochos I (c. 70-36 BC). Over
the last decades important new work has been done on Commagene proper providing novel
interpretations of the epigraphical and historical record or the archaeological data and
individual sites like Nemrud Dag Samosata or Arsameia. Simultaneously scholars have tried to
better understand Hellenistic Commagene by situating the region and its history in a wider
Mediterranean and Near Eastern context. This long-awaited book provides a critical evaluation
of all these new data and ideas on the basis of a theoretically embedded state-of-the-art
overview for the history and archaeology of Hellenistic Commagene. From this volume a new
picture emerges in which Hellenistic Commagene is no longer understood as peripheral and
out-of-the-ordinary but as an important node in a global Hellenistic network from Ai-Khanoum
to Pompeii and from Alexandria to Armawir.
