Waldemar Heckel

The Conquests of Alexander the Great

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Produktbeschreibung

Offering dynamic coverage of the battles of a superior tactician, this study of Alexander the Great looks at the strategies and techniques of one of the most successful military commanders in history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780521842471
• ISBN-10: 0521842476
• Artikelnr.: 22955310

Autorenporträt

Waldemar Heckel is a professor in the department of Greek and Roman studies at the University of Calgary. A scholar of the age of Alexander the Great, he is the author of The Marshals of Alexander's Empire and Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire, which was listed by the Times Literary Supplement as among 'the best books of 2006'. Dr Heckel is one of the founding editors of the Ancient History Bulletin and has collaborated with J. C. Yardley on a number of translations of, and commentaries on, the Alexander Historians.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.