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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454663103321

Autore

Lund Helen S (Helen Sarah), <1959->

Titolo

Lysimachus [[electronic resource] ] : a study in early Hellenistic kingship / / Helen S. Lund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-280-33705-2

0-203-03404-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

938/.08/092

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Soggetti

Electronic books.

Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C

Macedonia History Diadochi, 323-276 B.C

Thrace Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

LYSIMACHUS A study in early Hellenistic kingship; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Maps; I Thrace and the West Pontic coast in the fourth century BC; II Western Asia Minor in the time of Lysimachus; 1 The Road to Babylon: Family Background, Early Career and 'Character'; 2 Thrace and Pontus; 3 The Acquisition of Empire: Ambition, Enmity and Alliance; 4 After Ipsus: The Empire Extended; 5 Governor of the Greeks; 6 Kingship, Cult and Court; 7 Scheming Women and senile Decay? The Last days of Lysimachus; Appendix I Lysimachus and the problem of Prienean autonomy; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia minor. She challenges the assumption that he was a vicious, but ultimately incompetent tyrant.