John Pentland Mahaffy

Alexander's Empire (eBook, ePUB)

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John Pentland Mahaffy was an Irish historian. One of Mahaffy's most notable works is the history of Alexander the Great's empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Charles River Editors
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781518306440
• Artikelnr.: 54362720

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Alexander's place in history
2. Youth and accession of Alexander
3. The struggle for the supremacy of the world
4. The Macedonian empire and its limits up to Alexander's death
5. The problem of the succession
6. The later wars of the Diadochi down to the battle of Ipsus
7. From the battle of Ipsus to the invasion of the Celts
8. The invasion of the Celt (Galatians) and its consequences
9. King Pyrrhus of Epirus
10. The golden age of Hellenism
11. The new lines adopted by philosophy under the Diadochi
12. The stages of Hellenism in the third century
13. The three young kings
14. Science and latters at Alexandria in the days of Philadelphus
15. The third generation of Hellenism
16. The rise of the Achaean League
17. King Agis of Sparta
18. The rise and spread of federations in the Hellenistic world
19. The events of King Demetrius II's reign
20. Commerce and culture at Pergamum and Rhodes
21. The rise of Antigonus Doson and Cleomenes
22. The Cleomenic War to the battle of Sellasia
23. The condition of the Hellenistic world in 221 BC
24. The last independent sovereigns of the empire
25. The condition of Pergamum and Rhodes
26. The reign of Philip V of Macedon
27. State of the Hellenistic world from 204 to 197 BC
28. The Hellenistic world from BC 197-190
29. The Hellenistic world from the battle of Magnesia to the accession of Perseus
30. The struggle of Perseus with the Romans
31. The last Syrian war, and fourth assertion of Roman supremacy
32. The influence of Hellenism on Rome
List of names easily confounded
Index.