Demetrius : Sacker of Cities /

A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again The life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander the Great (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Romm, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
Colección:Ancient Lives
Temas:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • THE WORLD OF ALEXANDER' S SUCCESSORS
  • ANCIENT LIVES
  • Contents
  • CHAPTER ONE. His Father's Son
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Apprenticeship of a General
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Duel with Ptolemy (I)
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Petra and Babylon
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Athens and Megara
  • CHAPTER SIX. The Duel with Ptolemy (II)
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Duel with Ptolemy (III)
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Assault on Rhodes (I)
  • CHAPTER NINE. Assault on Rhodes (II)
  • CHAPTER TEN. Demetrius the Descender
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. The War of the Five Armies
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. Lord of the Isles
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. In Search of a Kingdom
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. "Then Don't Be a King"
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Unraveling
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A King in Plain Clothes
  • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Great Anabasis
  • CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Twists of the Knife
  • CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Final Crossing
  • Epilogue
  • Chronology
  • Genealogy
  • Source Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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