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"<Describes> Alexander's fantastic military achievements... with great skill and charm." --Michael Grant
Coinciding with the release of two films about Alexander by directors Oliver Stone and Baz Luhrmann, here is the classic study of Alexander, his predecessors, and his influence... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
- - A military history of Alexander the Great, recreating his battles and explaining his impact on the art of war.
Characters/People edit
- Alexander: Add a description of this character.
- Darius
- Cyrus
- Ptolemy
- Epaminondas
- Philip
- Amyntas
- Craterus
- Antipater
- Brasidas
- Meleager
- Clitus
- Antigonus
- Frederick
- Philotas
- Demetrius
- Porus
- Miltiades
- Agesilaus
- Machanidas
- Hannibal
- Curtius
- Spitamenes
- Sesostris
- Parmenio
- Leonnatus
- Napoleon
- Cleon
- Peithon
- Musicanus
- Agatho
- Cleopatra
- Croesus
- Gorgias
- Coenus
- Roxana
- Ariobarzanes
- Granicus
- Glaucias
- Cunningham
- Seleucus
- Callisthenes
Setting & Locations edit
- Greece
- Asia Minor
- Persia
- Athens
- Macedonia
- Babylon
- India
- Sparta
- Egypt
- Bactria
- Thebes
- Hydaspes
- Ecbatana
- Alexandria
- Issus
- Zariaspa
- Pella
- Persepolis
- Oxus
- Syria
- Sardis
- Phcenicia
- Gedrosia
- Thessaly
- Miletus
- Cilicia
- Halicarnassus
- Memphis
- Parthia
- Gaza
- Gordium
- Carthage
- Taxila
- Thymbra
- Arachotia
- Sangala
- Sochi
- Hellespont
- Gaugamela
- Arbela
- Caucasus
- Jaxartes
- Baetria
- Armenia
- Leuctra
- Arabia
Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
ALL early history is a record of wars.
Table of Contents edit
I. In General.
II. Early History of War.
III. Early Oriental Armies.
IV. Early Greek Armies and Wars.
V. Cyrus and Darius. B.C. 558–485.
VI. Armies in the Fifth Century B.C.
VII. Miltiades – Marathon. B.C. 490.
VIII. Brasidas. B.C. 424–422.
IX. Xenophon – Agesilaus. B.C. 401–394
X. Epaminondas. B.C. 371–362.
XI. Philip and Macedon. B.C. 359–336.
XII. Philip and His Army. B.C. 359–336.
XIII. The Art of Fortification and Sieges.
XIV. Alexander and Greece. B.C. 336.
XV. The Danube. B.C. 335.
XVI. Pelium. B.C. 335.
XVII. Thebes. B.C. 335.
XVIII. Off For Asia. B.C. 334.
XIX. Battle of the Granicus. May, B.C. 334.
XX. Sardis, Miletus, Halicarnassus. Fall, B.C. 334.
XXI. To the Taurus. Winter, B.C. 331–333.
XXII. Cilicia. Summer and fall, B.C. 333.
XXIII. Issus. November, B.C. 333.
XXIV. Tyre. November, B.C. 333, to August, B.C. 332.
XXV. Gaza and Egypt. September, B.C. 332, to Spring, B.C. 331.
XXVI. On to Babylon. Spring to September, B.C. 331.
XXVII. Arbela, October 1, B.C. 331.
XXVIII. Babylon, Susa. The Uxians. October to December, B.C. 331.
XXIX. The Persian Gates. December, B.C. 331, to March, B.C. 330.
XXX. Darius. March to July, B.C. 330.
XXXI. Bessus. July to Fall, B.C. 330.
XXXII. Philotas. Fall, B.C. 330.
XXXIII. The Caucasus. Fall, B.C. 330, to May, B.C. 329.
XXXIV. The Jaxartes. Summer, B.C. 329.
XXXV. Spitamenes. Summer, B.C. 329, to Fall, B.C. 328.
XXXVI. Clitus. Winter, B.C. 329–328.
XXXVII. Roxana. Winter, B.C. 328–327.
XXXVIII. The Cophen Country. May, B.C. 327, to Winter.
XXXIX. Aornus. Late Winter, B.C. 326.
XL. Porus. March to May, B.C. 326.
XLI. Battle of the Hydaspes. May, B.C. 326.
XLII. The Five Rivers. May to July, B.C. 326.
XLIII. Turning Back. July to October, B.C. 386.
XLIV. The Mallians. November, B.C. 326, to February, B.C. 326.
XLV. Gedrosia. February, B.C. 326, to February, B.C. 324.
XLVI. Mutiny. July, B.C. 324.
XLVII. Babylon. August, B.C. 324, to June, B.C. 323.
XLVIII. The Man and Soldier.
XLIX. The Successors of Alexander. Eumenes and Antiognus. Philopœmen.
Appendix A. Some Ancient Marches.
Appendix B. Losses in Some Ancient Battles.
Appendix C. Marches of Alexander.
Appendix D. Genealogy of Alexander.
Appendix E. List of Dates.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Great Captains. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Theodore Ayrault Dodge (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1890
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 692
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1890
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 692
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- Dewey: 938
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