The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic WorldGlenn R. Bugh Cambridge University Press, 2006 M05 1 This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt. Each chapter treats a different aspect of the Hellenistic world - religion, philosophy, family, economy, material culture, and military campaigns, among other topics. The essays address key questions about this period: To what extent were Alexander's conquests responsible for the creation of this new 'Hellenistic' age? What is the essence of this world and how does it differ from its Classical predecessor? What continuities and discontinuities can be identified? Collectively, the essays provide an in-depth view of a complex world. The volume also provides a bibliography on the topics along with recommendations for further reading. |
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... army commanders. Unity appeared to be restored. But it was only appearance. Perdikkas had already begun con- solidating his power, seeing to it that all the potential rivals at court were given satrapies and commands away from the ...
... army commanders. Unity appeared to be restored. But it was only appearance. Perdikkas had already begun con- solidating his power, seeing to it that all the potential rivals at court were given satrapies and commands away from the ...
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... army brushed past him. In the meantime, Perdikkas repeatedly failed to force the Nile line against Ptolemy in Egypt. The result was that his own officers killed Perdikkas, and the army deserted to Ptolemy. In 321, at Triparadeisos in ...
... army brushed past him. In the meantime, Perdikkas repeatedly failed to force the Nile line against Ptolemy in Egypt. The result was that his own officers killed Perdikkas, and the army deserted to Ptolemy. In 321, at Triparadeisos in ...
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... army. It was also the signal to the rest of the dynasts to end the fiction of ruling in the name of the Argead House. Ptolemy, Seleukos, Lysimachos, and eventually Kassandros all followed suit. The Antigonids had done so through the ...
... army. It was also the signal to the rest of the dynasts to end the fiction of ruling in the name of the Argead House. Ptolemy, Seleukos, Lysimachos, and eventually Kassandros all followed suit. The Antigonids had done so through the ...
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... army, defeated and killed Antigonos, while Demetrios retreated to the port cities in the Aegean still held by the Antigonids and to the command of the great Antigonid fleet. This did not end the maneuvering. The victors soon fell out ...
... army, defeated and killed Antigonos, while Demetrios retreated to the port cities in the Aegean still held by the Antigonids and to the command of the great Antigonid fleet. This did not end the maneuvering. The victors soon fell out ...
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... army eventually proclaimed Ptolemy Keraunos as king of Macedonia , in what was now a well - established if too often practiced procedure . It was short lived . Ptolemy himself was killed in a Celtic inva- sion of Macedonia in 279 ...
... army eventually proclaimed Ptolemy Keraunos as king of Macedonia , in what was now a well - established if too often practiced procedure . It was short lived . Ptolemy himself was killed in a Celtic inva- sion of Macedonia in 279 ...
Contents
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Section 2 | 52 |
Section 3 | 73 |
Section 4 | 93 |
Section 5 | 94 |
Section 6 | 113 |
Section 7 | 136 |
Section 8 | 158 |
Section 9 | 186 |
Section 10 | 208 |
Section 11 | 223 |
Section 12 | 241 |
Section 13 | 246 |
Section 14 | 265 |
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The Cambridge Ancient History John Boardman,I. E. S. Edwards,N. G. L. Hammond,E. Sollberger No preview available - 1982 |
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