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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463467703321

Autore

Roisman Joseph <1946->

Titolo

Alexander's veterans and the early wars of the successors [[electronic resource] /] / by Joseph Roisman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2012

ISBN

0-292-73597-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture Series

Disciplina

938/.08

Soggetti

Veterans - Greece - History - To 1500

Generals - Greece - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C

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

Greece Kings and rulers Succession History To 1500

Greece History, Military To 146 B.C

Babylonia History, Military

India History, Military

Turkey History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Map of Alexander's Campaigns -- Motives and Bias in the History of Hieronymus of Cardia -- Alexander and Discontent : The King and His Army in India and Opis, Mesopotamia -- The Veterans and the Macedonian Internal Strife in Babylon (323) -- The Dissolution of the Royal Army, I : The Veterans of   Perdiccas and Craterus -- The Dissolution of the Royal Army, II : The Veterans of Eumenes, Neoptolemus and Alcetas, and the Meeting in Triparadeisus -- The Veterans, Eumenes, and Antigonus in Asia Minor -- Eumenes and the Silver Shields -- The Silver Shields in Battle and Eumenes' Death.