Philip II and Alexander the Great : Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives
Elizabeth. Carney
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (368 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Father, Son, and Court; Part II: Philip and Alexander at War; Part III: After Philip and Alexander: Legacy and Legitimation; Part IV: Reception of Father and Son; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways: Philip II centralized ancient Macedonia, created an army of unprecedented skill and flexibility, came to dominate the Greek peninsula, and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire with a combined Graeco-Macedonian force, but it was Alexander who actually led the invading forces, defeated the great Persian Empire, took his army to the borders of modern India, and created a monarchy and empire that, despite its fragmentation, shaped the political, cultural, and religious world of the Hellenisti
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| Emner | Aleksander III , konge av Makedonia , 356-323 f.Kr. : (NO-TrBIB)90577037
Philip II , Konge av Makedonia , 382-336 f.Kr. : (NO-TrBIB)9073144 Greece - History Alexander. Vis mer... |
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| ISBN | 9780199738151
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