In the Shadow of Olympus : : The Emergence of Macedon / / Eugene N. Borza.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Borza, Eugene N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute.to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon. Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history."--Waldemar Heckel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Toward a History of Ancient Macedonia -- 2 The Land of Macedonia -- 3 Prehistoric Macedonia -- 4 Who Were the Macedonians? -- 5 Alexander I -- 6 Perdiccas II -- 7 Archelaus -- 8 The House of Amyntas III -- 9 " . . . The Greatest of the Kings in Europe . . ." -- 10 Political Institutions in the Age of Philip and Alexander -- 11 Material Culture in the Age of Philip and Alexander -- 12 The Emergence of Macedon -- APPENDIX A. Some Bibliographical Notes -- APPENDIX B. Some Topographical Notes -- APPENDIX C. Some Diverse Endnotes -- APPENDIX D. Addenda to the Paperback Edition -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX