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Book Antigonus II Gonatas

Download or read book Antigonus II Gonatas written by Janice J. Gabbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Antigonos Gonatas   A Biography

Download or read book Antigonos Gonatas A Biography written by Sir William Woodthorpe Tarn and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antigonos Gonatas

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  • Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book Antigonos Gonatas written by William Woodthorpe Tarn and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Making of a King

Download or read book The Making of a King written by Robin Waterfield and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our volume tells the story of Macedon's complex relations with Greece, Egypt, and the Near East in the "middle period" of the post-Alexander era. It opens about forty years after Alexander died, when the massive wars of the Successors were winding to a close and the next generation of kings continued the squabble over the Macedonian Empire and its relations with Greece. Waterfield has used his deep understanding of Greek history to construct the story of life and war and politics in a complicated, splintered empire. He highlights the singular accomplishments of the Macedonian king Antigonus Gonatas, who has never received his due until now. What Waterfield shows is that Antigonus was an exceptional politician and an artful strategist who protected Macedon and its Greek territories against aggressors coming from every direction: the Gauls storming the northern border, Ptolemy meddling in the Peloponnese, and Antiochus stirring mischief in the Near East. It was Antigonus who stabilized Macedonian fortunes after years of chaos fomented by the death of Alexander"--

Book The Making of a King

Download or read book The Making of a King written by Robin Waterfield and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our volume tells the story of Macedon's complex relations with Greece, Egypt, and the Near East in the "middle period" of the post-Alexander era. It opens about forty years after Alexander died, when the massive wars of the Successors were winding to a close and the next generation of kings continued the squabble over the Macedonian Empire and its relations with Greece. Waterfield has used his deep understanding of Greek history to construct the story of life and war and politics in a complicated, splintered empire. He highlights the singular accomplishments of the Macedonian king Antigonus Gonatas, who has never received his due until now. What Waterfield shows is that Antigonus was an exceptional politician and an artful strategist who protected Macedon and its Greek territories against aggressors coming from every direction: the Gauls storming the northern border, Ptolemy meddling in the Peloponnese, and Antiochus stirring mischief in the Near East. It was Antigonus who stabilized Macedonian fortunes after years of chaos fomented by the death of Alexander"--

Book Antigonos Gonatas

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  • Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 501 pages

Download or read book Antigonos Gonatas written by William Woodthorpe Tarn and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antigonos II Gonatas

Download or read book Antigonos II Gonatas written by Janice J. Gabbert and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Macedonia

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  • Author : Robert Malcolm Errington
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1990-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520063198
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book A History of Macedonia written by Robert Malcolm Errington and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this single-volume history, R. Malcolm Errington provides a modern account of the political and social framework of ancient Macedon. He places particular emphasis on the structure of the Macedonian state and its functioning in different stages of historical development from the sixth to the second century B.C. Errington's main emphasis is not on the biographies of the great kings but rather on the flexible political interplay between king, nobility, and people; on the growth of cities and their political function within the state; and on the development of the army as a motor of military, social, and politicalchange.

Book Antigonos Gonatas   Primary Source Edition

Download or read book Antigonos Gonatas Primary Source Edition written by William Woodthorpe Tarn and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book Demetrius the Besieger

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  • Author : Pat Wheatley
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2020-04-23
  • ISBN : 019883604X
  • Pages : 517 pages

Download or read book Demetrius the Besieger written by Pat Wheatley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known as 'The Besieger of Cities', Demetrius is the most fascinating and high profile of the Successors to Alexander the Great, an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure famous for his siege warfare and his legendary womanising: this volume charts the many triumphs and disasters during his career and hispivotal role in the formation of the so-called 'Hellenistic' age.

Book The Early Antigonids

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  • Author : Katerina Panogopoulou
  • Publisher : Numismatic Studies
  • Release : 2023-04
  • ISBN : 9780897223553
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Early Antigonids written by Katerina Panogopoulou and published by Numismatic Studies. This book was released on 2023-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A systematic analysis of the precious metal coinages in the name of 'king Antigonos'. traditionally assigned to the Macedonian king Antigonos Gonatas (283/277-239 BC). Chronological and hoard evidence suggest that they may belong to both Antigonos Gonatas and Antigonos Doson. The iconography reflects the main threads of Antigonid foreign policy"--

Book Ghost on the Throne

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  • Author : James Romm
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2012-11-13
  • ISBN : 0307456609
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Ghost on the Throne written by James Romm and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death—were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander’s Macedonian generals, spurred by their own thirst for power and the legend that Alexander bequeathed his rule “to the strongest,” fought to gain supremacy. Perhaps their most fascinating and conniving adversary was Alexander’s former Greek secretary, Eumenes, now a general himself, who would be the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. James Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, brings to life the cutthroat competition and the struggle for control of the Greek world’s greatest empire.

Book Antigonus the One Eyed

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  • Author : Jeff Champion
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Release : 2014-09-11
  • ISBN : 1473840899
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book Antigonus the One Eyed written by Jeff Champion and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Pyrrhus of Epirus “tells the exciting story of one of those competing to succeed Alexander the Great . . . Recommended.” —Firetrench Plutarch described Antigonus the One Eyed (382-301 BC) as “the oldest and greatest of Alexander’s successors.” Antigonus loyally served both Philip II and Alexander the Great as they converted his native Macedonia into an empire stretching from India to Greece. After Alexander’s death, Antigonus, then governor of the obscure province of Phrygia, seemed one of the least likely of his commanders to seize the dead king’s inheritance. Yet within eight years of the king’s passing, through a combination of military skill and political shrewdness, he had conquered the Asian portion of the empire. Antigonus’ success caused those who controlled the European and Egyptian parts of the empire to unite against him. For another fourteen years he would wage war against a coalition of the other Successors, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, Seleucus and Cassander. In 301 he would meet defeat and death in the Battle of Ipsus. The ancient writers saw Antigonus’ life as a cautionary tale about the dangers of hubris and vaulting ambition. Despite his apparent defeat, his descendants would continue to rule as kings and create a dynasty that would rule Macedonia for over a century. Jeff Champion narrates the career of this titanic figure with the focus squarely on the military aspects. “It is far time that we have a biography of one of the greatest men of Hellenistic society . . . His rise from this backwater to almost becoming the king of the entire Macedonian empire is detailed by the author.”—A Wargamers Needful Things.

Book Greece

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  • Author : Roderick Beaton
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2021-06-04
  • ISBN : 022680979X
  • Pages : 505 pages

Download or read book Greece written by Roderick Beaton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, “Greece” is synonymous with “ancient Greece,” the civilization that gave us much that defines Western culture today. But, how did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of the ancients in the first place and then define an identity for itself that is at once Greek and modern? This book reveals the remarkable achievement, during the last three hundred years, of building a modern nation on the ruins of a vanished civilization—sometimes literally so. This is the story of the Greek nation-state but also, and more fundamentally, of the collective identity that goes with it. It is not only a history of events and high politics; it is also a history of culture, of the arts, of people, and of ideas. Opening with the birth of the Greek nation-state, which emerged from encounters between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire, Roderick Beaton carries his story into the present moment and Greece’s contentious post-recession relationship with the rest of the European Union. Through close examination of how Greeks have understood their shared identity, Beaton reveals a centuries-old tension over the Greek sense of self. How does Greece illuminate the difference between a geographically bounded state and the shared history and culture that make up a nation? A magisterial look at the development of a national identity through history, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation is singular in its approach. By treating modern Greece as a biographical subject, a living entity in its own right, Beaton encourages us to take a fresh look at a people and culture long celebrated for their past, even as they strive to build a future as part of the modern West.

Book Brill s Companion to Ancient Macedon

Download or read book Brill s Companion to Ancient Macedon written by Robin J. Fox and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the latest archaeology, epigraphy and historical interpretation, this major volume presents a survey of ancient Macedon, important parts of which are published by their excavators for the first time, including the palace of King Philip II. Archaeologists and historians of the ancient Greek worlds will welcome this milestone in the study of this rapidly changing filed, packed with new information, interpretations and essential bibliography.

Book Macedonian Armies after Alexander 323   168 BC

Download or read book Macedonian Armies after Alexander 323 168 BC written by Nicholas Sekunda and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander's circle. Initial attempts to preserve the unity of Alexander's conquests gave way to a period of bloody and prolonged warfare. For well over a century the largely mercenary armies of Alexander's successors imposed their influence over the whole of the Near East, while absorbing local military practices. After Rome's decisive defeat of Carthage in 202 BC, Macedonia came under increasing pressure from the Romans. Three wars between the two powers culminated in the Roman victory at Pydna in 168 BC, which laid Alexander's empire to rest and established Roman hegemony in the Near East. Drawing upon a wide array of archaeological and written sources and written by a noted authority on the Hellenistic period, this survey of the organization, battle history and appearance of the armies of Alexander's successors is lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned full-colour artwork.

Book Antigonos Gonatas   Scholar s Choice Edition

Download or read book Antigonos Gonatas Scholar s Choice Edition written by William Woodthorpe Tarn and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.