This book presents for the first time in English a detailed study of the closest friends and most trusted commanders of Alexander the Great - their career-progress, their rivalry with one another, and their influence on Alexander. The Marshals of Alexander's Empire is a blend of biography and prosopography that sheds light on some of the most dynamic individuals of the age of Alexander.
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'This important book is more than a work of reference: it takes account of the sea-change in Alexander studies over the past two generations, and combines scholarly authority with accessibility' - Graham Shipley, Classical Review
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Waldemar Heckel is Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Calgary.
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Excellent - if you can handle Heckel's academic approach,
By Nick Welman (Eindhoven, NBr Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Marshals of Alexander's Empire (Hardcover)
Due to the high price of this work, I had been hesitant to buy it. But it is worth every dollar. Heckel is accurate, academic, informative. His stories about the lives of Krateros, Perdikkas, Ptolemy etc. continue from the point where most Alexander biographies have stopped. Don't expect something that is easy to digest: a normal page in Heckel is half narrative, half annotations.The lives of Alexander's generals are fascinating and tragic stories on their own account. As Heckel puts it: the men that had fought so hard to conquer Persia were never destined to rule it. That sums up the overall tragedy.
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Must have for serious Alexander historians,
By Jeanne (State College, PA) - See all my reviews
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Whether you're a professional or an amateur, if you pursue Alexander history, this book is a must-have (despite it's forbidding cost). It's the first recent prosopographical study of Alexander's court, and the only one in English. Heckel uses both textual and epigraphic evidence to present thorough studies of key figures in Alexander's administration: Parmention, Krateros, Hephaistion, Leonnatos, Ptolemy, Antipatros . . . just to name a few.
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The army that crossed the Hellespont in 334 B.C. was still very much that of Philip II, its leaders chosen from firmly entrenched aristocratic families of Makedon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
regular hypaspists, first hipparchy, unknown family background, royal hypaspists, slower troops, mercenary cavalry, appointed satrap, royal squadron, allied infantry, own brigade Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alexander the Great, Alexandros Lynkestes, Asia Minor, Hellespontine Phrygia, White Kleitos, Amyntas Perdikka, Persian Gates, Silver Shields, Antigonos Monophthalmos, Philip Arrhidaios, Somatophylax of Philip, Upper Makedonia, Ancient Macedonia, Demetrios Poliorketes, Great King, Antigonos the One-Eyed, Black Kleitos, Pausanias of Orestis, Demetrios the Somatophylax, New York, Royal Pages, Entretiens Hardt, Ephippos of Olynthos, Greater Phrygia, Ptolemy's History New!
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The army that crossed the Hellespont in 334 B.C. was still very much that of Philip II, its leaders chosen from firmly entrenched aristocratic families of Makedon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
regular hypaspists, first hipparchy, unknown family background, royal hypaspists, slower troops, mercenary cavalry, appointed satrap, royal squadron, allied infantry, own brigade Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alexander the Great, Alexandros Lynkestes, Asia Minor, Hellespontine Phrygia, White Kleitos, Amyntas Perdikka, Persian Gates, Silver Shields, Antigonos Monophthalmos, Philip Arrhidaios, Somatophylax of Philip, Upper Makedonia, Ancient Macedonia, Demetrios Poliorketes, Great King, Antigonos the One-Eyed, Black Kleitos, Pausanias of Orestis, Demetrios the Somatophylax, New York, Royal Pages, Entretiens Hardt, Ephippos of Olynthos, Greater Phrygia, Ptolemy's History New!
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- Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror--As Told By His Original Biographers by Tania Gergel on 9 pages
- Alexander The Great (Pitt Paperback; 94) by J.R. Hamilton on 8 pages
- Alexander the Great: Volume 2, Sources and Studies (Vol 2) by W. W. Tarn on 8 pages
- Alexander the Great (QED Great Lives) on 4 pages
- Last Days: The Unofficial Left Behind Companion by John R. King on 4 pages
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- Classics in Progress: Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome (British Academy Centenary Monographs) by T. P. Wiseman on page 234
- The Wars of Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel on page 77
- Alexander the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets in Ancient History) by RICHARD STONEMAN on page 100
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