Seleukos Nikator (Routledge Revivals) : Constructing a Hellenistic Kingdom

John D Grainger

ISBN 10: 0415743990 / ISBN 13: 9780415743990

Editore: Routledge, 2013

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his commanders, Seleukos Nikator, rose over a period of forty years from being a landless refugee to the most successful of the Successor kings. This biography, first published in 1990, makes use of both historical and archaeological sources to trace the stages of Seleukos' life as he added province to province, kingdom to kingdom, gradually building an empire which stretched from India to Greece and founding a state which lasted for the next two centuries.This strangely neglected figure in ancient history emerges as a modestly proficient general, an excellent strategist, a consummate diplomat, and an inventive and constructive ruler, the diversity of his empire demanding intelligence of a high order to hold it together. Seleukos Nikator will be of interest to students of ancient history and the politics of the Hellenistic world.

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• Titolo: Seleukos Nikator (Routledge Revivals) : Constructing a Hellenistic Kingdom
• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415743990
• ISBN 13: 9780415743990
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 222 L x 145 A x 19 P (millimetri) 222 millimetri di larghezza per 145 millimetri di altezza per 19 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 484 grammi

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Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his commanders, Seleukos Nikator, rose over a period of forty years from being a landless refugee to the most successful of the Successor kings. This biography, first published in 1990, makes use of both historical and archaeological sources to trace the stages of Seleukos’ life as he added province to province, kingdom to kingdom, gradually building an empire which stretched from India to Greece and founding a state which lasted for the next two centuries.

This strangely neglected figure in ancient history emerges as a modestly proficient general, an excellent strategist, a consummate diplomat, and an inventive and constructive ruler, the diversity of his empire demanding intelligence of a high order to hold it together. Seleukos Nikator will be of interest to students of ancient history and the politics of the Hellenistic world.

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Grainger, John D