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Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great's empire / Robin Waterfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waterfield, Robin, 1952-
- Series:
- Ancient warfare and civilization.
- Ancient warfare and civilization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--Greece--Biography.
- Generals.
- Generals--Macedonia--Biography.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.
- Greece.
- Macedonia--History--Diadochi, 323-276 B.C.
- Macedonia.
- Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Macedonia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Mediterranean Region--History, Military.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world.
- Contents:
- The legacy of Alexander the Great
- The Babylon conferences
- Rebellion
- Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and Alexander's corpse
- The first war of the successors
- Polyperchon's moment
- The triumph of Cassander
- Hunting Eumenes in Iran
- Antigonus, Lord of Asia
- The restoration of Seleucus
- Warfare in Greece
- The end of Antigonus
- The kingdoms of Ptolemy and Seleucus
- Demetrius resurgent
- The fall of Demetrius
- The last successors
- Timeline
- Cast of characters
- Genealogies.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2011.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-993152-6
- 0-19-957392-1
- 0-19-166856-7
- 1-283-71348-9
- 1-283-09819-9
- 9786613098191
- 0-19-983054-1
- OCLC:
- 652743655
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