Seleukos Nikator (Routledge Revivals): Constructing a Hellenistic Kingdom

By John D. Grainger

Book Overview

Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his commanders, Seleukos Nikator, rose over a period of forty years from being a landless refugee to the most successful of the Successor kings. In this biography, such a strangely neglected figure in ancient history emerges as a modestly proficient general, an excellent strategist, a consummate diplomat, and an inventive and constructive ruler, the diversity of his empire demanding intelligence of a high order to hold it together. Seleukos Nikator will be of interest to students of ancient history and the politics of the Hellenistic world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415744016
• ISBN13: 9780415744010
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 8 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"