Demetrius : sacker of cities / James Romm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romm, James, author.

Series:

Ancient Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demetrius I, Poliorcetes, King of Macedonia, 336 B.C.-283 B.C.

Demetrius.

Kings and rulers.

Macedonia--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Macedonia.

Europe--Macedonia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.) : 2 b-w illus.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again The life of Demetrius (337–283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander the Great (323–282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander’s place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world state, with a new Alexander—himself—at its head. He succeeded temporarily, but in crucial, colossal engagements—a massive invasion of Egypt, a siege of Rhodes that went on a full year, and the Battle of Ipsus—he came up just short. He ended his career in a rash invasion of Asia and became the target of a desperate manhunt only to be captured and destroyed by his own son-in-law.

Contents:

Frontmatter

THE WORLD OF ALEXANDER’ S SUCCESSORS

ANCIENT LIVES

Contents

CHAPTER ONE. His Father’s Son

CHAPTER TWO. The Apprenticeship of a General

CHAPTER THREE. The Duel with Ptolemy (I)

CHAPTER FOUR. Petra and Babylon

CHAPTER FIVE. Athens and Megara

CHAPTER SIX. The Duel with Ptolemy (II)

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Duel with Ptolemy (III)

CHAPTER EIGHT. Assault on Rhodes (I)

CHAPTER NINE. Assault on Rhodes (II)

CHAPTER TEN. Demetrius the Descender

CHAPTER ELEVEN. The War of the Five Armies

CHAPTER TWELVE. Lord of the Isles

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. In Search of a Kingdom

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. “Then Don’t Be a King”

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Unraveling

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A King in Plain Clothes

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Great Anabasis

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Twists of the Knife

CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Final Crossing

Epilogue

Chronology

Genealogy

Source Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-26902-1

OCLC:

1347024335