Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the GreatThe reign of Alexander the Great of Macedon witnessed the military conquest of the Persian Empire by the Macedonian army, the physical transit of the known world from the Danube to the Indus and the beginnings of the mass migration which was to expand the horizons of hellenism far into the Near East. In this book, the author attempts an up-to-date survey of the period in all its aspects. The title reflects two main focuses: the process by which empire was acquired and the means by which the conquered territory was controlled, exploited and administered. The campaigns of Alexander in Europe and Asia are chronicled in detail in Part One. Although much of the emphasis of the book, thanks to the Alexander-centred writers of antiquity, is on episodes where the king is protagonist, the discussion attempts to widen the perspective and examine the impact of the reign at all levels. There is a detailed account of the Greek mainland, explaining what Macedonian suzerainty implied and how the various city states adapted to it, and a survey of the individual components of empire and the largely haphazard system of administration that evolved after conquest. The Macedonian army is examined in its role as the instrument of conquest, and its evolution during the reign is analyzed. Finally, there is an essay on the origins of the ruler cult. These more detailed thematic studies complement and enlarge upon the running narrative of campaigns and events, to present full coverage in breadth and depth. |
Contents
Prologue | 5 |
2 The young Alexander | 19 |
The gaining of empire 336323 BC | 25 |
2 Consolidation in Europe | 28 |
3 First victory | 35 |
4 The Aegean coast summer 334 BC | 44 |
5 From Halicarnassus to Cilicia autumn 334 to summer 333 BC | 49 |
6 The campaign of Issus | 55 |
Epilogue the shape of things to come | 174 |
Thematic Studies | 183 |
A Mainland Greece in Alexanders reign | 187 |
2 Agis III of Sparta and the war for Megalopolis | 198 |
3 Athens under the administration of Lycurgus | 204 |
4 Athens and the advent of Harpalus | 215 |
5 The Exiles Decree and its effects | 220 |
B Alexander and his empire | 229 |
7 The conquest of the Syrian coast 332 BC | 64 |
8 The occupation of Egypt winter 3321 BC | 68 |
9 The campaign of Gaugamela | 74 |
10 Babylonia and Persis winter 3310 BC | 85 |
11 The occupation of Eastern Iran | 94 |
the downfall of Philotas | 101 |
13 The conquest of the Northeast Frontier | 104 |
14 The advance to India | 119 |
15 The campaign of the Hydaspes | 125 |
16 From the Hydaspes to the Southern Ocean | 130 |
17 The march through Gedrosia | 139 |
18 From Carmania to Susa | 146 |
19 The final year | 158 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aegean Agrianians Alexander Alexander's Alexandria allies Amyntas Antipater Aristobulus Arrian Asia Minor Athenian Athens attack attested Babylon Bactria Badian battle Berve Bessus Bosworth 1980a Brunt Callisthenes campaign Carmania cavalry centre Cilicia Cleitus coast Coenus command common peace Companions conquest continued Corinthian League court Craterus crossing cult Curt Curtius Darius death defenders demos Demosthenes Diod Diodorus Ecbatana Egypt embassy empire enemy evidence exiles FGrH fleet forces garrison Gaugamela Goukowsky Greece Hammond and Griffith Harpalus Hephaestion Heracles hipparchies honours Hydaspes hypaspists Hypereides Indian Indus infantry invasion Justin king king's Lamian War later Lycurgus Macedon Macedonian army Memnon mercenaries Metz Epit military native Nearchus officers Parmenion Perdiccas Persian phalanx Philip Philotas Plut Porus probably proskynesis Ptolemy reign resistance river royal sarisae satrap Schachermeyr 1973 Seibert sent siege Siwah Sogdiana sources Spartan Strabo surrender Susa territory Thebans Thebes Thracian took tradition troops Zeus
References to this book
Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History Sarah B. Pomeroy No preview available - 1999 |