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Philip II of Macedonia / Ian Worthington.
Van Pelt Library DF233.8.P59 W67 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worthington, Ian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
- Philip.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Greece.
- History.
- Macedonia--History--To 168 B.C.
- Macedonia.
- Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Macedonia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Philip's Life and Reign: The Main Events xv
- 1 Preamble: 'The Greatest of the Kings in Europe'? 1
- 2 Philip's Macedonia 6
- 3 Philip's Youth and Accession 15
- 4 The New Army and the Unification of Macedonia 23
- 5 The War over Amphipolis 38
- 6 Apollo's Saviour: Philip and the Sacred War 53
- 7 The Fall of Olynthus 74
- 8 Apollo Rescued, and the Peace of Philocrates 84
- 9 The Hostile Aftermath 105
- 10 Thrace: The Die Is Cast 120
- 11 Chaeronea and the End of Greek Liberty 136
- 12 From Master of Greece to Conqueror of Persia? 152
- 13 Assassination 172
- 14 After Philip 187
- 15 Philip in Retrospect: King, Man - and God? 194
- 16 Philip and Alexander: Like Father, Like Son? 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300120790
- 0300120796
- OCLC:
- 202549107
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