Alexander's Heirs

The Age of the Successors

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Alexander’s Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age. Offers an account of the power struggles between Alexander’s rival generals in the forty year period following his deathDiscusses how Alexander’s vast empire ultimately became the Hellenistic WorldMakes full use of primary and secondary sourcesAccessible to a broad audience of students, university scholars, and the educated general readerExplores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-07-01
Mått:160 x 236 x 18 mm
Vikt:481 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781444339628

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EDWARD M. ANSON is Professor of Anson History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He is the author of Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (2013) and Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2004), and co-editor of After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323–281 BC) (with V. Alonso Troncoso, 2013).

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“A reliable guide through the seemingly endless wars of the period has long been a desideratum for teachers and students. Anson (Univ. of Arkansas) addresses that need with this book… Summing Up: Essential. Belongs in all university libraries.” (Choice, 1 March 2015)

Innehållsförteckning

List of Abbreviations viiChronology ixPreface xviiMapsRegions of Macedonia xixGreece and Asia Minor xxThe Hellenistic world xxi1 Introduction 12 The Death of a Conqueror 113 The Funeral Games Begin 474 The End of a Dynasty 83Chronology from Spring 318 to Spring 315 1165 “War, both the King and Father of All” 125Chronology from 314 to 306 1576 The End of the Diadochi 165Chronology from 306 to 281 1847 Epilogue: The New World 189Bibliography 197Index 215