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"Alexander's Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age. Makes full use of primary and secondary sources. Accessible to a broad audience of students, university scholars, and the educated general reader. Explores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi "--
List of contents
List of Abbreviations vii
Chronology ix
Preface xvii
Maps
Regions of Macedonia xix
Greece and Asia Minor xx
The Hellenistic world xxi
1 Introduction 1
2 The Death of a Conqueror 11
3 The Funeral Games Begin 47
4 The End of a Dynasty 83
Chronology from Spring 318 to Spring 315 116
5 "War, both the King and Father of All" 125
Chronology from 314 to 306 157
6 The End of the Diadochi 165
Chronology from 306 to 281 184
7 Epilogue: The New World 189
Bibliography 197
Index 215
About the author
EDWARD M. ANSON is Professor of Anson History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He is the author of
Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (2013) and
Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2004), and co-editor of
After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323-281 BC) (with V. Alonso Troncoso, 2013).
Summary
Alexander s Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age.
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"Alexander's Heirs is a concise, but thoroughly documented, study of the formative years (323-281 BCE) of the Hellenistic age by an insightful and highly respected scholar. Students, teachers, and researchers will find it an indispensable and infallible guide to one of the most complex and exciting periods of ancient history."
--Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary, Canada
