Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (Ancient Warfare and Civilization)

306 Pages·2011·3.02 MB·English

by  Robin Waterfield

DIVIDING THE SPOILS
Ancient Warfare and Civilization
SERIES EDITORS:
RICHARD ALSTON ROBIN WATERFIELD

In this series, leading historians offer compelling new narratives of the
armed conflicts that shaped and reshaped the classical world, from the wars
of Archaic Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire and Arab conquests.
Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great’s Empire
Robin Waterfield
ROBIN WATERFIELD
DIVIDING THE SPOILS
The War for Alexander
the Great’s Empire
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Waterfield, Robin, 1952–
Dividing the spoils : the war for Alexander the Great’s empire/Robin Waterfield.
p. cm. — (Ancient warfare and civilization)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-539523-5
1. Greece—History—Macedonian Hegemony, 323–281 B.C. 2. Macedonia—
History—Diadochi,
323–276 B.C. 3. Generals—Greece—Biography. 4. Generals—Macedonia—
Biography. 5. Greece—
Kings and rulers—Biography. 6. Macedonia—Kings and rulers—Biography. 7.
Mediterranean Region—
History, Military. 8. Mediterranean Region—History—To 476. I. Title.
DF235.4.W38 2011
938’.070922—dc22 2010030834

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Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Maps
1. The Legacy of Alexander the Great
2. The Babylon Conferences
3. Rebellion
4. Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and Alexander’s Corpse
5. The First War of the Successors
6. Polyperchon’s Moment
7. The Triumph of Cassander
8. Hunting Eumenes in Iran
9. Antigonus, Lord of Asia
10. The Restoration of Seleucus
11. Warfare in Greece
12. The End of Antigonus
13. The Kingdoms of Ptolemy and Seleucus
14. Demetrius Resurgent
15. The Fall of Demetrius
16. The Last Successors
Time Line
Cast of Characters
Genealogies
Notes
Bibliography
Index