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Description edit
Paul Cartledge, one of the world’s foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 BC), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Alexander: Add a description of this character.
- Darius Iii
- Philip
- Ptolemy
- Callisthenes
- Lysander
- Hephaestion
- Ammon
- Olympias
- Cyrus
- Antipater
- Aristotle
- Cleopatra
- Philotas
- Cleitarchus
- Roxane
- Justin
- Bucephalas
- Harpalus
- Granicus
- Cleomenes
- Mazaeus
- Aristander
- Perdiccas
- Aristoboulus
- Leonidas
Setting & Locations edit
- Greece
- Asia
- Macedonia
- Thebes
- Egypt
- Athens
- Persia
- Iran
- Babylonia
- Pella
- Alexandria
- Sparta
- India
- Gaugamela
- Susa
- Siwah
- Ecbatana
- Anatolia
- Panhellenic
- Europe
- Pakistan
- Memphis
- Syria
- Aegae
- Cilicia
- Thessaly
- Chaeronea
- Mieza
- Heracles
- Paris
- Bactria
- Hellespont
- Halicarnassus
- Black Sea
- Boeotia
- Corinth
- Issus
- Parmenion
- Great King
- Miletus
- Lebanon
- Iraq
- Curtius
- Epirus
- Thermopylae
- Phoenicia
- Persepolis
- Libya
First Sentence edit
Inheriting at the age of twenty his father Philip's position as master of the Greek world east of the Adriatic, Alexander had also, by the ripe old age of twenty-six, made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire.
Table of Contents edit
Timeline
Maps And Plans
1. The Fame of Alexander
2. Alexander's World
3. Young Alexander (356-334 BCE)
4. Alexander and the Macedonians
5. Alexander and the Greeks
6. Alexander: Conquerer of Persia (334-327 BCE)
7. The Generalship of Alexander
8. Alexander and the Persians
9. The Final Years (327-323 BCE)
10. Alexander the Man
11. The Divinity of Alexander
12. The Legends and Legacies of Alexander
Appendix: Sources of Paradox
Table of Achaemenid Persian Kings
Dramatis Personae
Glossary
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Cartledge (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Overlook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1-58567-565-2
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Overlook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1-58567-565-2
Page Count: 368
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 938.07092
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › People, A-Z › ( A ) › Alexander the Great
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Military & Spies
- Books › History › Europe › Greece
- Books › History › Europe › Macedonia
- Books › History › Ancient › Greece
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Military
- Books › History › Military
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical
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