In the path of conquest : resistance to Alexander the Great

In the path of conquest : resistance to Alexander the Great / Waldemar Heckel.

"In order to reach a wider audience and make this book more lively, I have included numerous passages from the ancient sources, believing their words more effective than any paraphrase. The majority of the passages quoted have been translated by my friend, John Yardley-there are a few exception...

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Main Author: Heckel, Waldemar, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
359-323 B.C.
Generals > Greece > Biography.
Generals
Kings and rulers
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Greece > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. > Sources.
Greece
Biographies
History
Sources
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • In the Face of Panhellenic War: Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, 340-334
  • The Long Road to Asia Minor: Resistance in Macedonia and Greece
  • First Clash in Asia Minor
  • From the Aegean to Cappadocia
  • Persian Counter Measures: The War in the Aegean
  • The Great King and his Armies
  • The Campaign in Cilicia
  • The Levant and Egypt: Collaboration and Resistance
  • Darius' Last Stand and the Collapse of Persian Resistance
  • The End of Darius III
  • War in Central Asia
  • Persianizing and the Internal Enemy
  • From the Hindu Kush to the Indus
  • From the Panjāb to Pattala
  • Return to the West: Problems of Consolidation and the Revival of Old Grievancesv
  • Appendix: Sources for the History of Alexander.

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