Second Hand Before & After Alexander
The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great
Author : Richard A. Billows
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardback with original dust jacket, protected by a clear covering. The dust jacket shows light general shelf and handling wear, with minor rubbing and slight wear to the edges and corners.
The boards and binding appear firm and secure. The page block shows light age-toning but remains clean and square. Internally, the pages appear clean and generally unmarked, with the maps and illustrations presenting well.
An original £20.00 retail price sticker remains on the rear dust jacket.
Details
General - Pages : 336 | Images : Black-and-white photographs of ancient sculpture, coins, monuments and archaeological material, together with maps | Publisher : Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd / Overlook Duckworth | Place of Publication : London, UK | Language : English
Hardback - Year of Publication : 2018 | Edition : First UK edition | Size : 238mm x 162mm | ISBN : 9780715652817
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Richard A. Billows offers a reassessment of Alexander the Great by placing his career within the much broader transformation of Macedonia and the Hellenistic world.
Rather than treating Alexander as an isolated military genius who single-handedly transformed the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, Billows examines the political and military foundations created by his father, Philip II of Macedon, and the achievements of the successor rulers who governed Alexander's territories after his death.
The opening chapters trace Macedonia before Philip II, Philip's childhood and rise to power, and the creation of the new Macedonian state and army that made Alexander's later conquests possible. Billows then examines Alexander's reign and campaigns before turning to the Wars of the Successors and the emergence of the Hellenistic kingdoms.
The final chapters consider the wider Hellenistic world and the enduring impact of Hellenistic civilisation, arguing that many developments traditionally attributed primarily to Alexander were instead the result of longer-term processes begun before his accession and continued by his generals and successors.
Illustrated with maps, photographs of ancient monuments, sculpture and coins, the volume also includes genealogies, a timeline, glossary, extensive notes, bibliography and index.
