Title:
The wars of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC / Waldemar Heckel.
Author:
Heckel, Waldemar, 1949-
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Publication Information:
Oxford, UK ; New York : Osprey Pub., 2002.
Call Number:
DF234 .H43 2002
ISBN:
9781841764733
Series:
Essential histories ; 26
Essential histories (Osprey Publishing) ; 26.
Physical Description:
95 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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Contents:
Background to war : the decline of the city-states and the rise of Macedon -- Warring sides : the Persians, the Macedonians, and allied troops -- Outbreak : Alexander's rise to power -- The fighting : Alexander conquers an empire -- Portrait of a soldier : two generals and a satrap -- The world around war : Rome, Carthage, and India -- Portrait of a civilian : a historian, athletes, and courtesans -- How the war ended : the death of Alexander -- Conclusion and consequences : the struggle for succession.
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