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Record Nr.

UNISA996441052003316

Autore

Anson Edward

Titolo

Alexander's heirs : the age of the successors / / Edward M. Anson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-86240-6

1-118-86242-2

1-118-86233-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Classificazione

HIS002010

Disciplina

938.08

Soggetti

Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C

Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C Sources

Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The death of a conqueror -- The funeral games begin -- The end of a dynasty -- "War, both the king and father of all" -- The end of the Diadochi -- Epilogue : the new world.

Sommario/riassunto

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 deathDiscusses how Alexander's vast empire ultimately became the Hellenistic WorldMakes full use of primary and secondary sourcesAccessible to a broad audience of students, univ