Edward M. Anson

Alexander's Heirs C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the wake of Alexander the Great's death, his generals--the Diadochi--vied for control of the vast empire he left behind for over forty years. This period of time is known as the Age of the Successors. In this narrative history, Anson offers an account of the power struggles between the rival generals and tells the story of how one man's empire, which spanned the ancient world from Greece and Egypt to India, ultimately became the Hellenistic World.

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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 death
Discusses how Alexander's vast empire ultimately became the Hellenistic World
Makes full use of primary and secondary sources
Accessible to a broad audience of students, university scholars, and the educated general reader
Explores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781444339628
• ISBN-10: 1444339621
• Artikelnr.: 40198488

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"Alexander's Heirs is a concise, but thoroughly documented, study of the formative years (323-281 BCE) of the Hellenistic age by an insightful and highly respected scholar. Students, teachers, and researchers will find it an indispensable and infallible guide to one of the most complex and exciting periods of ancient history."
--Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary, Canada