Greece, Macedon and Persia
Published on 12. March 2015
168 pages
978-1-78297-926-5 (ISBN)
Description
Greece, Macedon and Persia contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of warfare, politics and power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by 19 recognized experts from a variety of methodological and evidentiary perspectives, show how ancient peoples considered war and conflict at the heart of social, political and economic activity. Though focusing on a single theme - war - the papers are firmly based in the context of the wider social and literary issues of Ancient Mediterranean scholarship and as such, consider war and conflict as part of a complex matrix of culture in which historical actors articulate their relationships with society and historical authors articulate their relationships with history. The result is a rich understanding of Ancient World history and history-writing. The volume is presented in honour of Waldemar Heckel, a foremost scholar of Alexander the Great and ancient warfare.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Waldemar Heckel, Bibliography
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction: Wald
- Chapter 1: Darius I and the Problems of (Re)conquest: Resistance, false identities and the impact of the past
- Chapter 2: Clausewitz and Ancient Warfare
- Chapter 3: Thucydides and the Failure in Sicily
- Chapter 4: Women and Symposia in Macedonia
- Chapter 5: Infantry and the Evolution of Argead Macedonia
- Chapter 6: Equine Aspects of Alexander the Great's Macedonian Cavalry
- Chapter 7: Macedonian Armies, Elephants, and the Perfection of Combined Arms
- Chapter 8: Military Unrest in the Age of Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Defining the terms of debate
- Chapter 9: Opposition to Macedonian Kings: Riots for rewards and verbal protests
- Chapter 10: Arrian and 'Roman' Military Tactics. Alexander's campaign against the Autonomous Thracians
- Chapter 11: Counter-Insurgency: The lesson of Alexander the Great
- Chapter 12: The Comparison between Alexander and Philip. Use and metamorphosis of an ideological theme
- Chapter 13: The Callisthenes Enigma
- Chapter 14: Alexander's Unintended Legacy: Borders
- Chapter 15: Cleomenes of Naucratis, Villain or Victim?
- Chapter 16: Cult of the Dead and Vision of the Afterlife in Early Hellenistic Macedonia
- Chapter 17: The Career of Sostratos of Knidos: Politics, Diplomacy and the Alexandrian Building Programme in the Early Hellenistic Period
- Chapter 18: What did Arsinoe tell Lysimachus about Philetaerus?
- Chapter 19: Polybius on Naval Warfare
- Chapter 20: Rome's Apparent Disinterest in Macedonia 168-148 BCE
- Index
