The Nature of AlexanderAllen Lane, 1975 - 240 pages Combines contemporaneous accounts, critically studied legends, reproductions of pertinent artworks, and photographs to provide a full-scale, nonideological biography of the Macedonian conqueror and empire builder. |
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... dangers than his father had faced at the death of Perdiccas III . The most immediate was the defection of Thessaly , whose ... danger of having its communications cut . In Macedon , Olympias had made good use of his absence . It is not ...
... dangers than his father had faced at the death of Perdiccas III . The most immediate was the defection of Thessaly , whose ... danger of having its communications cut . In Macedon , Olympias had made good use of his absence . It is not ...
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... danger of leaving a doubtful field . He was no doubt anxious to tell the world why he had let Darius slip through his fingers , and to receive proper credit for rescuing his left wing ( whose danger was over by the time he got there ) ...
... danger of leaving a doubtful field . He was no doubt anxious to tell the world why he had let Darius slip through his fingers , and to receive proper credit for rescuing his left wing ( whose danger was over by the time he got there ) ...
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... danger . He has spent part of the previous day in solemn ceremonies to avert it . He is planning to start on a major expedition within two weeks . He has had as good a grounding in medical science as any layman of his time . He knows he ...
... danger . He has spent part of the previous day in solemn ceremonies to avert it . He is planning to start on a major expedition within two weeks . He has had as good a grounding in medical science as any layman of his time . He knows he ...
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Alexander Alexander's already ancient army Arrian Asia asked Athenian Athens Babylon battle began better brought called campaign carried cause cavalry century command course court danger Darius dead death Demosthenes died doubt enemy evidence face fact father fighting followed force friends gave give given gold Greece Greek hand head held Hephaestion honour horses important Indian killed King knew known land later learned leave lived looked Macedon Macedonian mind murder nature never night offered officers Olympias once ordered Parmenion passed perhaps Persian Philip Philotas Photo plans Plutarch probably Ptolemy reached record remained rest returned river round royal satrap says seems seen sent ships showed side soldiers soon sources story taken thought told took troops turned walls whole wound young