Anson Alexander's Heirs

The Age of the Successors
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-86240-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Alexander's Heirs offers a narrative account of theapproximately forty years following the death of Alexander theGreat, during which his generals vied for control of his vastempire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately createdthe Hellenistic Age.
* Offers an account of the power struggles betweenAlexander's rival generals in the forty year periodfollowing his death
* Discusses how Alexander's vast empire ultimately becamethe Hellenistic World
* Makes full use of primary and secondary sources
* Accessible to a broad audience of students, universityscholars, and the educated general reader
* Explores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anson, Edward M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations vii
Chronology ix
Preface xvii
Maps
Regions of Macedonia xix
Greece and Asia Minor xx
The Hellenistic world xxi
1 Introduction 1
2 The Death of a Conqueror 11
3 The Funeral Games Begin 47
4 The End of a Dynasty 83
Chronology from Spring 318 to Spring 315 116
5 "War, both the King and Father of All" 125
Chronology from 314 to 306 157
6 The End of the Diadochi 165
Chronology from 306 to 281 184
7 Epilogue: The New World 189
Bibliography 197
Index 215

Über Autor(innen)

Edward M. Anson is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 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).