The Legacy of Alexander: Politics, Warfare, and Propaganda Under the Successors

by Albert Brian Bosworth

Book Overview

This major study by a leading expert is dedicated to the thirty years after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. It deals with the emergence of the Successor monarchies and examines the factors which brought success and failure. Some of the central themes are the struggle for pre-eminence after Alexander's death, the fate of the Macedonian army of conquest, and the foundation of Seleucus' monarchy. Bosworth also examines the statesman and historian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199285152
• ISBN13: 9780199285150
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 8.4"