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UNINA9910511376803321 |
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Anson Edward |
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Titolo |
Eumenes of Cardia : a Greek among Macedonians / / by Edward M. Anson |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[Second ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Collana |
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Mnemosyne Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, , 2352-8656 ; ; Volume 383 |
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Soggetti |
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Generals - Greece |
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Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C |
Macedonia History Diadochi, 323-276 B.C |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical refererences and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / Edward M. Anson -- Introduction / Edward M. Anson -- 1 The Sources / Edward M. Anson -- 2 From Cardia to Babylon / Edward M. Anson -- 3 From Babylon to Cappadocia / Edward M. Anson -- 4 From Cappadocia to Triparadeisus / Edward M. Anson -- 5 “The Fickleness of Fortune” / Edward M. Anson -- 6 The Reckoning with Antigonus / Edward M. Anson -- 7 Greeks and Macedonians / Edward M. Anson -- 8 “A Greek among Macedonians” / Edward M. Anson -- Bibliography / Edward M. Anson -- Index / Edward M. Anson. |
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Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2nd edition) updates the original work in light of a decade of scholarly activity and presents much new analysis influenced by this continuing scholarship. Eumenes of Cardia was a royal secretary who, in the years following the death of Alexander the Great became a major contender for power. Despite the fact that he had been chiefly an administrator rather than one of Alexander’s elite military commanders, and that he was a Greek from the city of Cardia, as opposed to a native Macedonian, Eumenes came close to securing control of the Asian remnants of Alexander’s empire. His history is important because our sources for the years immediately |
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