Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great's empire / Robin Waterfield.
Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great's empire / Robin Waterfield.
Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great's empire / Robin Waterfield.
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Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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N938.07092/23
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English
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xiv, 273 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 -- Warfa...
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Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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England
Date Published
c2011.
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Summary
"Dividing the spoils" revives the memory of Alexander's Successors, whose fame has been dimmed only because they stand in his enormous shadow. In fact, Alexander left things in a mess at the time of his death, with no guaranteed succession, no administration in place suitable for such an enormous realm, and huge untamed areas both bordering and wit...
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Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great's empire / Robin Waterfield.
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Ancient warfare and civilization.
Includes bibliographical references(p. [231]-263) and index.
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c2011.
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N938.07092/23
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74Vvqy5JRPOl
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0199573921
9780195395235 (hc. : alk. paper) :
9780199573929
0195395239 (hc. : alk. paper)
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938.070922
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991006357019702626
