Conquest and empire : the reign of Alexander the Great / A.B. Bosworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bosworth, A. B., author.

Series:

Canto.

Canto

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

Alexander.

Generals--Greece--Biography.

Generals.

Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.

Greece.

Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Conquest & Empire

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC), focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler cult.

Contents:

General narrative

Prologue

The gaining of empire (336-323 B.C.)

Epilogue: the shape of things to come

Thematic studies

Mainland Greece in Alexander's reign

Alexander and his empire

Alexander and the army

The divinity of Alexander.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89000-X

1-107-71313-7

1-107-71458-3

1-107-71271-8

1-107-71817-1

1-107-72006-0

0-511-51853-6