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Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great´s Empire
Robin Waterfield
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Description for Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great´s Empire
Paperback. The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white plates, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in the West, via Egypt, Syria, Babylonia, and Persia through to the Indian sub-continent in the East. After his death in 323 BC, it took forty years of world-changing warfare for his heirs to finish carving up these vast conquests. These years were filled with high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic ... Read more
This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in the West, via Egypt, Syria, Babylonia, and Persia through to the Indian sub-continent in the East. After his death in 323 BC, it took forty years of world-changing warfare for his heirs to finish carving up these vast conquests. These years were filled with high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Ancient Warfare and Civilization
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199647002
SKU
V9780199647002
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About Robin Waterfield
Robin Waterfield was formerly a university lecturer at the universities of Newcastle and St Andrews, before becoming a commissioning editor at Penguin Books. A freelance writer and translator since the early 1980s, he has published numerous translations of the Greek classics for both the Oxford World's Classics and Penguin Classics. He now lives in the far south of Greece on ... Read more
Reviews for Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great´s Empire
Gripping.
Simon Sebag Montefiore, New York Times Book Review
He provides us with a brilliant work of history and humanity, facts within cautionary tales.
John Shosky, The European Legacy
Review from previous edition Robin Waterfield has produced an excellent introduction...He conveys the drama of the aftermath of Alexander's death with the intensity of a novelist.
... Read more
Simon Sebag Montefiore, New York Times Book Review
He provides us with a brilliant work of history and humanity, facts within cautionary tales.
John Shosky, The European Legacy
Review from previous edition Robin Waterfield has produced an excellent introduction...He conveys the drama of the aftermath of Alexander's death with the intensity of a novelist.
... Read more