Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1975 - 568 pages Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-3 sur 81
Page 82
... ordered to spread out if the carts began rolling , those with proper shields were to lie flat on the ground and use them as cover . Down came the carts , and some ranks opened , others dropped down as ordered , and the carts either ...
... ordered to spread out if the carts began rolling , those with proper shields were to lie flat on the ground and use them as cover . Down came the carts , and some ranks opened , others dropped down as ordered , and the carts either ...
Page 177
... ordered the first of his many commemorative cities , Alexandria - by- Issus , on the coastal site of the modern Alexandretta . The example of new cities had already been set by his father Philip , and these cities of Cilicia were to be ...
... ordered the first of his many commemorative cities , Alexandria - by- Issus , on the coastal site of the modern Alexandretta . The example of new cities had already been set by his father Philip , and these cities of Cilicia were to be ...
Page 248
... ordered the restoration of the temples which Xerxes had damaged , especially the famous E - sagila , which ' had been made to shine like the sun with gold and jewels ' , so its founder Nebuchadnezzar had written , ' while its ceilings ...
... ordered the restoration of the temples which Xerxes had damaged , especially the famous E - sagila , which ' had been made to shine like the sun with gold and jewels ' , so its founder Nebuchadnezzar had written , ' while its ceilings ...
Table des matières
List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
Droits d'auteur | |
2 autres sections non affichées
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon ander Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry centre chariot Cleit command Companion Cavalry court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Harpalus Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus