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, and to the generals and companions that had conquered that empire with him? How did they begin to develop their own power and positions after his death? Alexander's Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship reconstructs how the development of royal ideologies led to five powerful new kingships after Alexander's death. It reveals how ideological performances and ongoing competition among the post-Alexander elite created the reality of the long-lasting institution of Hellenistic kingship, which would last for generations and even centuries as the model for autocratic power in the ancient world. A parallel study, Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power by Alexander's Successors, then examines the innovative new traditions of royal ideology that were developed in the consolidation of the new Hellenistic kingships. Ranging from the early regencies and civil wars after Alexander's death to the formation of multiple independent kingdoms and beyond, the generation of Alexander's successors (323-276 BC) is comprehensively investigated. With a comparative perspective and detailed studies of diverse evidence, this is the first dedicated study of the beginnings of Hellenistic kingship and the first to put these beginnings in an international context.

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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: 9781350399013
• ISBN-10: 1350399019
• Artikelnr.: 71913364

Autorenporträt

John Holton is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Newcastle University, UK. His primary research expertise and publication record is in Hellenistic history and intellectual history, including the study of Alexander the Great and his successors (the diadochoi), ancient monarchies, and universal historiography.

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