The Conquests of Alexander the Great

ISBN-13: 9781107645394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str.

Waldemar Heckel (University of Calgary)

Opis

Heckel engagingly and with great detail, shows us how Alexander earned his appellation, The Great.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. How do we know? Sources for Alexander the Great; 3. The Macedonian background; 4. The Persian enemy; 5. Conquest of the Achaemenids; 6. Resistance on two fronts; 7. Conquest of the Punjab; 8. The ocean and the West; 9. The long road from Susa to Babylon.

O autorze

Waldemar Heckel is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Calgary.