Eumenes of Cardia

A Greek Among Macedonians
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-391-04209-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: Studies in Philo of Alexandria

Eumenes of Cardia was a royal secretary who, in the years following the death of Alexander the Great became a major contender for power. Despite his having been chiefly an administrator rather than a military or political power, Eumenes came close to securing control of the Asian remnants of Alexander’s empire. Eumenes was born in the Greek city of Cardia and lived during a period dominated by native-born Macedonians, and his defeat and death have traditionally been attributed to his having “Greek” rather than Macedonian origins. This book argues, however, that as a result of the actions of Macdonian monarchs, Macedonia was a land in which large numbers of a variety of people were successfully amalgamated into a single state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anson, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus

Über Autor(innen)

Edward M. Anson, Ph.D. (1975), University of Virginia, is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. He has published extensively on the history of the early Hellenistic Age.