The History of AlexanderPenguin UK, 28/04/2005 - 352 من الصفحات Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma. Curtius' History offers a great deal of information unobtainable from other sources of the time. A compelling narrative of a turbulent era, the work recounts events on a heroic scale, detailing court intrigue, stirring speeches and brutal battles - among them, those of Macedonia's great war with Persia, which was to culminate in Alexander's final triumph over King Darius and the defeat of an ancient and mighty empire. It also provides by far the most plausible and haunting portrait of Alexander we possess: a brilliantly realized image of a man ruined by constant good fortune in his youth. |
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... Alexander brought the Thebans and Athenians into submission (Diod. 17.4.4–6). The latter sent ambassadors to Alexander in Boeotia but Demosthenes, who was one of them, did not venture past Mt Cithaeron, fearing Alexander's wrath on ...
... Alexander brought the Thebans and Athenians into submission (Diod. 17.4.4–6). The latter sent ambassadors to Alexander in Boeotia but Demosthenes, who was one of them, did not venture past Mt Cithaeron, fearing Alexander's wrath on ...
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... Alexander himself had fallen in battle (Justin 11.2.7–8; cf. Arr. 1.7.2–3). This false report inspired the Thebans to rebel, and they attacked the Macedonian garrison on the Cadmeia (Diod. I7.8.3ff.). But when Alexander heard of the ...
... Alexander himself had fallen in battle (Justin 11.2.7–8; cf. Arr. 1.7.2–3). This false report inspired the Thebans to rebel, and they attacked the Macedonian garrison on the Cadmeia (Diod. I7.8.3ff.). But when Alexander heard of the ...
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... Alexander as her son (Arr. 1.23.8). For a long time the Macedonians had difficulty in entering the city; for Memnon's forces were numerous, and they would make sorties from the city to set fire to Alexander's siege equipment (Diod ...
... Alexander as her son (Arr. 1.23.8). For a long time the Macedonians had difficulty in entering the city; for Memnon's forces were numerous, and they would make sorties from the city to set fire to Alexander's siege equipment (Diod ...
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... Alexander's courtiers to murder him. [16] (In fact, Darius had had it made public that he would give Alexander's assassin a thousand talents. 40 ) They therefore believed nobody would risk trying a cure which could come under suspicion ...
... Alexander's courtiers to murder him. [16] (In fact, Darius had had it made public that he would give Alexander's assassin a thousand talents. 40 ) They therefore believed nobody would risk trying a cure which could come under suspicion ...
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... Alexander's breathing became intermittent and difficult. Philip left nothing untried; he applied poultices to his body, and roused him when he was faint with the smell of food at one time, or wine at another. [15] As soon as he saw ...
... Alexander's breathing became intermittent and difficult. Philip left nothing untried; he applied poultices to his body, and roused him when he was faint with the smell of food at one time, or wine at another. [15] As soon as he saw ...
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BOOK 4 | |
BOOK 6 | |
BOOK 10 | |
Bibliography | |
List of Abbreviations | |
Appendices | |
Index of Mythical Historical and Literary Figures | |
Index to Maps | |
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