Antigonos Gonatas
Author: William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13:
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Antigonus II Gonatas
Author: Janice J. Gabbert
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-11
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1134978014
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Making of a King
Author: Robin Waterfield
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 022661137X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Our volume tells the story of Macedon's complex relations with Greece, Egypt, and the Near East in the "middle period" of the post-Alexander era. It opens about forty years after Alexander died, when the massive wars of the Successors were winding to a close and the next generation of kings continued the squabble over the Macedonian Empire and its relations with Greece. Waterfield has used his deep understanding of Greek history to construct the story of life and war and politics in a complicated, splintered empire. He highlights the singular accomplishments of the Macedonian king Antigonus Gonatas, who has never received his due until now. What Waterfield shows is that Antigonus was an exceptional politician and an artful strategist who protected Macedon and its Greek territories against aggressors coming from every direction: the Gauls storming the northern border, Ptolemy meddling in the Peloponnese, and Antiochus stirring mischief in the Near East. It was Antigonus who stabilized Macedonian fortunes after years of chaos fomented by the death of Alexander"--
War in the Hellenistic World
Author: Angelos Chaniotis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0470775211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploiting the abundant primary sources available, this book examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world. An overview of war and society in the Hellenistic world. Highlights the interdependence of warfare and social phenomena. Covers a wide range of topics, including social conditions as causes of war, the role of professional warriors, the discourse of war in Hellenistic cities, the budget of war, the collective memory of war, and the aesthetics of war. Draws on the abundance of primary sources available.
Ptolemy the second Philadelphus and his world
Author: Paul R. McKechnie
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9004170898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPtolemy II Philadelphus, second Macedonian king of Egypt (282-246BC), captured intellectual high ground by founding the Alexandrian Library and Museum, and cemented celebrity status by bankrolling his courtesans' endeavours in Olympic chariot-racing. In this book scholars analyse a range of key aspects of Phiadelphus' world.
Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture
Author: Pamela A. Webb
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780299149802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShe finds that figural sculptures adorn structures at every level from the ground to the roof, and display a wide variety of motifs on such architectural elements as columns, walls, entablatures, pediments, and cornices. 142 illustrations of Hellenistic monuments - temples, altars, cult buildings, heroa, theaters, bouleuteria, stoas, gymnasia, and houses - and their sculptured adornment complement the author's descriptions and analyses.
The Macedonians in Athens, 322-229 B.C.
Author: Olga Palagia
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2016-11-29
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1785705326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor a century following the end of the Lamian War in 322 B.C., Athens' harbour at Pireus was almost constantly occupied by a Macedonian garrison. The Macedonian presence dealt a crucial blow to Athenian independence and Athenian democracy, initiating the first in a long and intermittent series of foreign occupations. The twenty-eight papers in this volume are based on an international conference hosted by the University of Athens in May 2001, and focus on various aspects of Athenian art, archaeology and history in the century of Macedonian domination. They consider Athens' new role as a political stepping stone for potential Successors to the throne of Macedon - Cassander, Demetrios Poliorketes and Antigonos Gonatas were each able to secure Macedonia by using Athens as a power base - and the ways in which Athenian culture was affected by the Macedonian presence. They contribute to the ongoing debate about the reasons for the Macedonian ascendancy, the degree of independence accorded Athens by their Macedonian overlords, the third-century archon list, and changes in Athenian art and architecture.
City and Empire in the Age of the Successors
Author: Ryan Boehm
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2021-11-02
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 0520385713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the chaotic decades after the death of Alexander the Great, the world of the Greek city-state became deeply embroiled in the political struggles and unremitting violence of his successors’ contest for supremacy. As these presumptive rulers turned to the practical reality of administering the disparate territories under their control, they increasingly developed new cities by merging smaller settlements into large urban agglomerations. This practice of synoikism gave rise to many of the most important cities of the age, initiated major shifts in patterns of settlement, and consolidated numerous previously independent polities. The result was the increasing transformation of the fragmented world of the small Greek polis into an urbanized network of cities. Drawing on a wide array of archaeological, epigraphic, and textual evidence, City and Empire in the Age of the Successors reinterprets the role of urbanization in the creation of the Hellenistic kingdoms and argues for the agency of local actors in the formation of these new imperial cities.
The Low Income Population and Economic Growth
Author: Robert James Lampman
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Frank Vatai
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-17
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 131774974X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity, and led to significant revaluation of the role of intellectuals in everyday political life. The term ‘intellectual’ is carefully defined, and figures as diverse as Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle; Isocrates, Heracleides of Ponteius and Clearchus of Soli are discussed. The author examines the difference between the success of an intellectual politician, like Solon, and the failure of those such as Plato who attempted to mould society to abstract ideals. It is concluded that, ultimately, most philosophers were conspicuously unsuccessful when they intervened in politics: citizens regarded them as propagandists for their rulers, while rulers treated them as intellectual ornaments. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.
