The legacy of Alexander : politics, warfare, and propaganda under the successors / A. B. Bosworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bosworth, A. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellenism.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Greece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines the colourful and turbulent period after the death of Alexander the Great and the extraordinary people who created the Successor monarchies. It explains how and why Alexander's empire was split up and investigates the fate of the Macedonian army of conquest.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Politics of the Babylon Settlement""; ""3. Macedonian Numbers at the Death of Alexander the Great""; ""4. The Campaign in Iran: Turbulent Satraps and Frozen Elephants""; ""5. Hieronymus' Ethnography: Indian Widows and Nabataean Nomads""; ""6. The Rise of Seleucus""; ""7. Hellenistic Monarchy: Success and Legitimation""; ""Appendix: Chronology of events between 323 and 311 BC""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""

""V""""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-296) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-171520-4

9786612199509

1-280-87005-2

0-19-151842-5

OCLC:

302347289