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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791991003321

Autore

Waterfield Robin <1952->

Titolo

Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great's empire / / Robin Waterfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-19-993152-6

0-19-957392-1

0-19-166856-7

1-283-71348-9

1-283-09819-9

9786613098191

0-19-983054-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Ancient warfare and civilization

Disciplina

938.07

Soggetti

Generals - Greece

Generals - Macedonia

Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C

Macedonia History Diadochi, 323-276 B.C

Greece Kings and rulers Biography

Macedonia Kings and rulers Biography

Mediterranean Region History To 476

Mediterranean Region History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The legacy of Alexander the Great -- The Babylon conferences -- Rebellion -- Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and Alexander's corpse -- The first war of the successors -- Polyperchon's moment -- The triumph of Cassander -- Hunting Eumenes in Iran -- Antigonus, Lord of Asia -- The restoration of Seleucus -- Warfare in Greece -- The end of Antigonus -- The kingdoms of Ptolemy and Seleucus -- Demetrius resurgent -- The fall of Demetrius -- The last successors -- Timeline -- Cast of characters -- Genealogies.



Sommario/riassunto

The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world.