Alexander’s Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors / / Joseph Roisman.
From antiquity until now, most writers who have chronicled the events following the death of Alexander the Great have viewed this history through the careers, ambitions, and perspectives of Alexander’s elite successors. Few historians have probed the experiences and attitudes of the ordinary soldier...
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Roisman, Joseph, Roisman, Joseph, Alexander’s Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors / Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of Alexander’s Campaigns -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Motives and Bias in the History of Hieronymus of Cardia -- Chapter 2 Alexander and Discontent: Th e King and His Army in India and Opis, Mesopotamia -- Chapter 3 Th e Veterans and the Macedonian Internal Strife in Babylon (323) -- Chapter 4 Th e Dissolution of the Royal Army, I: Th e Veterans of Perdiccas and Craterus -- Chapter 5 Th e Dissolution of the Royal Army, II: Th e Veterans of Eumenes, Neoptolemus, and Alcetas, and the Meeting in Triparadeisus -- Chapter 6 Th e Veterans, Eumenes, and Antigonus in Asia Minor -- Chapter 7 Eumenes and the Silver Shields -- Chapter 8 Th e Silver Shields in Battle and Eumenes’ Death -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of Alexander’s Campaigns -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Motives and Bias in the History of Hieronymus of Cardia -- Chapter 2 Alexander and Discontent: Th e King and His Army in India and Opis, Mesopotamia -- Chapter 3 Th e Veterans and the Macedonian Internal Strife in Babylon (323) -- Chapter 4 Th e Dissolution of the Royal Army, I: Th e Veterans of Perdiccas and Craterus -- Chapter 5 Th e Dissolution of the Royal Army, II: Th e Veterans of Eumenes, Neoptolemus, and Alcetas, and the Meeting in Triparadeisus -- Chapter 6 Th e Veterans, Eumenes, and Antigonus in Asia Minor -- Chapter 7 Eumenes and the Silver Shields -- Chapter 8 Th e Silver Shields in Battle and Eumenes’ Death -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of Alexander’s Campaigns -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Motives and Bias in the History of Hieronymus of Cardia -- Chapter 2 Alexander and Discontent: Th e King and His Army in India and Opis, Mesopotamia -- Chapter 3 Th e Veterans and the Macedonian Internal Strife in Babylon (323) -- Chapter 4 Th e Dissolution of the Royal Army, I: Th e Veterans of Perdiccas and Craterus -- Chapter 5 Th e Dissolution of the Royal Army, II: Th e Veterans of Eumenes, Neoptolemus, and Alcetas, and the Meeting in Triparadeisus -- Chapter 6 Th e Veterans, Eumenes, and Antigonus in Asia Minor -- Chapter 7 Eumenes and the Silver Shields -- Chapter 8 Th e Silver Shields in Battle and Eumenes’ Death -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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