The Legacy of Alexander
Politics, Warfare, and Propaganda under the Successors
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 October 2002
- ISBN 9780198153061
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages324 pages
- Size 224x145x22 mm
- Weight 504 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This major study by a leading expert examines the colourful and turbulent period after the death of Alexander the Great and the extraordinary people who created the Successor monarchies. It explains how and why Alexander's empire was split up, and investigates the fate of the Macedonian army of conquest. A highlight is the first full study of the great campaign in Iran (winter 317/16) when Alexander's men, led by the greatest strategists of their time, fought each other in the salt desert.
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This major study by a leading expert is dedicated to the thirty years after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. It deals with the emergence of the Successor monarchies and examines the factors which brought success and failure. Some of the central themes are the struggle for pre-eminence after Alexander's death, the fate of the Macedonian army of conquest, and the foundation of Seleucus' monarchy. Bosworth also examines the statesman and historian Hieronymus of Cardia, concentrating on his treatment of widow burning in India and nomadism in Arabia. Another highlight is the first full analysis of the epic struggle between Antigonus and Eumenes (318-316), one of the most important and decisive campaigns of the ancient world.
The Legacy of Alexander offers careful and sophisticated analysis of a variety of subjects concerning the Diadochs. Some of these are given full treatment here for the first time, particularly the conflict between Eumenes and Antigonos in Iran. Bosworth's extensive account of that campaign with its frozen salt deserts, intrigue and treason, is not only detailed and insightful but entertaining as well.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Politics of the Babylon Settlement
Macedonian Numbers at the Death of Alexander the Great
Turbulent Satraps and Frozen Elephants: The Campaign in Iran
Hieronymus' Ethnography: Indian Widows and Nabataean Nomads
The Rise of Seleucus
Hellenistic Monarchy: Success and Legitimation
Chronology of events between 323 and 311 BC
