John Holton

Alexander's Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship

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Produktbeschreibung

What happened to Alexander the Great's empire when he died? How did his generals and companions, who had once conquered that empire with him, shape the political landscape after his death? John Holton reconstructs how the development of royal ideologies by Alexander's Successors led to the emergence of five powerful new kingships across the former Macedonian empire. He demonstrates the creation of Hellenistic kingship as a unified phenomenon and shows how ideas of superior status were articulated in the earliest post-Alexander years, including through monumental display and heroic imagery. He also explores the power of symbolism in the form of the royal diadem and the drama of staged royal accessions, plus the value of concepts like 'spear-won land' in the shared ideological environment of this period. Ranging from the early regencies and civil wars after Alexander's death to the formation of multiple independent kingdoms and beyond, Holton reveals how the competitive and performative development of royal ideology in the generation of Alexander's Successors (323-276 BC) created the reality of the long-lasting institution of Hellenistic kingship, which would stand for centuries, as the model for autocratic power in the ancient world. With a comparative perspective and detailed studies of diverse evidence, this is the first dedicated study of the beginnings of Hellenistic kingship at the hands of Alexander's Successors that puts these beginnings into an international context and draws the main actors into a joint analysis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781350399020
• ISBN-10: 1350399027
• Artikelnr.: 71912113

Autorenporträt

John Holton

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chronology, 323-276 BC List of figures List of Maps Chapter 1:
Approaching the World of Early Hellenistic Kingship, 323-276 BC 1. Unifying
early Hellenistic kingship 2. Framing an International View 3. Royal
Ideology and Performance 4. Genealogies 5. Competition Chapter 2: The
Performance of Status in the Early Hellenistic World: Craterus at Delphi 1.
Craterus and the Monument at Delphi 2. Discourses of Valuation and
Commemoration 3. Paradigms of Royalty and the Imitability of physis 4.
Contexts of Dedication and Ideological Valences Chapter 3: Heroic Paradigms
of Rulership and the Politics of imitatio 1. Complexes of Imitation 2.
Ptolemy Aegiochus and the Body of Alexander 3. Lysimachus, Lions and
Kingship Chapter 4: Diadem and Basileia: A Zelotypic Model 1. Salamis and
the Dawn of Hellenistic Kingship 2. The Politics and Theology of
(Self-)Coronation 3. A History of Alexander diadumenos Chapter 5: Spear-Won
Land in Hellenistic Imperial Discourse 1. Two magni at the Hellespont:
Alexander and Antiochus III 2. The Myth-History of doriktetos chora 3.
Spearman Son of a Spearman: Narratives of Conquest and Inheritance 4.
Inter-State Transmission: From the polis to Rome Conclusions Bibliography
Glossary Index Locorum General Index