| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
pt. I. Philip and Alexander -- Ch. 1. Chaironeia -- Ch. 2. Granikos -- Ch. 3. Issos -- Ch. 4. Gaugamela -- Ch. 5. Hydapses River -- pt. II. Successors -- Ch. 6. Paraitakene -- Ch. 7. Gabiene -- Ch. 8. Gaza -- Ch. 9. Ipsos -- pt. III. Pyrrhos of Epeiros -- Ch. 10. Heraklea -- Ch. 11. Asculum -- Ch. 12. Beneventum -- pt. IV. Later Battles -- Ch. 13. Sellasia -- Ch. 14. Raphia -- pt. V. Roman Conquest -- Ch. 15. Kynoskephalai -- Ch. 16. Magnesia -- Ch. 17. Pydna -- Ch. 18. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Annotation For almost two centuries the Macedonian phalanx, created by Philip II and refined by his son, Alexander the Great, dominated the battlefields of the ancient world from the sweltering riverbanks of India to the wooded hills of Italy. As the preferred weapon of some of antiquity's greatest commanders, this powerful military system took centre stage in many of the largest and most decisive conflicts of ancient times. Joseph Pietrykowski explores the struggles that shook the ancient world and shaped history. From the structure and composition of the opposing armies, to the strategy of their campaigns, to the leadership decisions and tactics that decided the engagements, Great Battles of the Hellenistic World examines seventeen landmark conflicts from Chaironeia to Pydna over the course of 170 years of bloody warfare |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Military art and science -- Greece -- History
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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Military art and science
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Schlacht
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Kriegführung
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057087
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Greece -- History, Military -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001511
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Greece
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Griechenland Altertum
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781848847101 |
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1848847106 |
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9781783039678 |
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1783039671 |
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