Alexander the Great : man and god / / Ian Worthington
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| Autore: |
Worthington Ian.
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| Titolo: |
Alexander the Great : man and god / / Ian Worthington
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 938/.07/092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Generals - Greece |
| Soggetto geografico: | Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C |
| Greece Kings and rulers Biography | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2004 by Pearson Education Limited. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Preface to Paperback edition; Preface to Hardback edition; Acknowledgements; Alexander's Reign: The Main Events; Map of Macedonia and Greece; Map of Alexander's Empire; 1 Introduction: Uncovering the Legend; 2 Alexander's Inheritance; 3 Alexander's Boyhood; 4 King at Last; 5 The Very Gates of Asia; 6 A Bridge of Corpses; 7 Son of Ra, Son of Zeus; 8 Lord of Asia; 9 Conquest and Conspiracy; 10 Bactria and Sogdiana; 11 India; 12 'We'll say Goodbye in Babylon' |
| 13 Death and Disorder14 Man and God; 15 Alexander: The Great; 16 Philip's Ghost; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Alexander the Great conquered territories on a superhuman scale and established an empire that stretched from Greece to India. He spread Greek culture and education throughout his empire, and was worshipped as a living god by many of his subjects. But how great is a leader responsible for the deaths on tens of thousands of people? A ruler who prefers constant warring to administering the peace? A man who believed he was a god, who murdered his friends, and recklessly put his soldiers lives at risk?Ian Worthington delves into Alexander's successes and failures, his paranoia, the murde |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alexander the Great |
| ISBN: | 1-315-83496-0 |
| 1-317-86645-2 | |
| 1-281-38466-6 | |
| 9786611384661 | |
| 1-4082-1160-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451336903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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