Alexander's Heirs

The Age of the Successors

Edward M. Anson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2014
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4443-3962-8 (ISBN)

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Alexander s Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age.

Alexander’s Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age.

Offers an account of the power struggles between Alexander’s rival generals in the forty year period following his death
Discusses how Alexander’s vast empire ultimately became the Hellenistic World
Makes full use of primary and secondary sources
Accessible to a broad audience of students, university scholars, and the educated general reader
Explores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi

EDWARD M. ANSON is Professor of Anson History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He is the author of Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (2013) and Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2004), and co-editor of After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323–281 BC) (with V. Alonso Troncoso, 2013).

List of Abbreviations vii

Chronology ix

Preface xvii

Maps

Regions of Macedonia xix

Greece and Asia Minor xx

The Hellenistic world xxi

1 Introduction 1

2 The Death of a Conqueror 11

3 The Funeral Games Begin 47

4 The End of a Dynasty 83

Chronology from Spring 318 to Spring 315 116

5 “War, both the King and Father of All” 125

Chronology from 314 to 306 157

6 The End of the Diadochi 165

Chronology from 306 to 281 184

7 Epilogue: The New World 189

Bibliography 197

Index 215

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.2014
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4443-3962-1 / 1444339621
ISBN-13	978-1-4443-3962-8 / 9781444339628
Zustand	Neuware