By the spear : Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire /

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"Alexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he invaded Asia in 334 to his death in 323, he expanded the Macedonian empire from Greece in the W...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Worthington, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Series:Ancient warfare and civilization.
Subjects:
Philip > II, > King of Macedonia, > 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
To 168 B.C.
Armies > Macedonia > History.
Social change > Macedonia > History.
Armées > Macédoine > Histoire.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Armies
International relations
Kings and rulers
Social change
Macedonia > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Macedonia > History > To 168 B.C.
Macedonia > History, Military.
Macedonia > Relations > Greece.
Greece > Relations > Macedonia.
Macédoine > Histoire > Jusqu'à 168 av. J.-C.
Macédoine > Histoire militaire.
Macédoine > Relations > Grèce.
Europe > Macedonia
Greece
Biographies
History
Military history
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Biographies.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Architect and the Master Builder
  • Greece and Macedonia
  • Philip II and the Rise of Macedonia
  • The New Player in Greek Politics
  • The Gathering War Clouds
  • The Downfall of Greece
  • Philip's Assassination and Legacy
  • Alexander's Early Kingship--and Persia
  • From Europe to Asia
  • Alexander : Master Strategist and Emerging God
  • The Decline and Fall of the Persian Empire
  • The War in Afghanistan
  • Passage to India
  • Retreat from India
  • Alexander's Final Years
  • Death in Babylon and Alexander's Legacy.

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