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Philip II of Macedonia : Greater Than Alexander /
Overview: Philip II of Macedonia (382-336 BCE), unifier of Greece, author of Greece's first federal constitution, founder of the first territorial state with a centralized administrative structure in Europe, forger of the first Western national army, first great general of the Greek imperial ag...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Potomac Books,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations : Chronology
- 1: Philippos Makedonios
- Philip's Homeric world
- Wounds and injuries
- Women, wives, and politics
- Personality
- Hostage in Thebes
- Philip himself 2: Strategic Environment
- Land and its people
- External threats
- Macedonian state
- Philip's strategy
- 3: Macedonian War Machine
- Macedonian phalanx
- Cavalry
- Manpower, training, and logistics
- Siegecraft
- Philip's intelligence service
- Macedonian Navy
- 4: Unification Of Macedonia
- Battle at Livahdi Ridge
- Illyrian War
- Siege of Amphipolis
- Expansion to the East
- 5: Thessaly And The Sacred War
- Thessaly
- Siege of Methone
- Sacred war
- Ambush and defeat
- Battle of the Crocus Field
- Submission of Thessaly
- 6: Road To Empire
- Thrace
- Epirus
- War with Olynthus
- End of the Sacred War
- 7: Warrior Diplomat
- Amphictyonic peace
- Athens
- Illyria again
- Trouble in Thessaly
- Epirus
- Thracian campaign
- 8: War With Athens
- Chersonese
- Siege of Perinthus
- Byzantium
- Scythian campaign
- Prelude to war
- Battle of Chaeronea
- 9: End Of Philip
- Aftermath of victory
- Who killed Philip?
- Greater than Alexander?
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index
- About the author.