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. |
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Page 103
... road . Of all Alexander's friends in Asia , the Royal Road which ran between post - houses from Sardis to Susa was far the most precious ; by this one road which they inherited and improved , the Persians had bared their empire to ...
... road . Of all Alexander's friends in Asia , the Royal Road which ran between post - houses from Sardis to Susa was far the most precious ; by this one road which they inherited and improved , the Persians had bared their empire to ...
Page 154
... Road east , then south to the coastal towns of Cilicia to continue to capture Persian harbours . Memnon's chances were to remain untested , for in June , while block- ading the city of Mitylene , ' he fell ill and died , and this , if ...
... Road east , then south to the coastal towns of Cilicia to continue to capture Persian harbours . Memnon's chances were to remain untested , for in June , while block- ading the city of Mitylene , ' he fell ill and died , and this , if ...
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... road was no less spectacular . Unlike Hannibal , he had the sense to leave elephants out of an uncongenial adventure ... road from Kandahar to Kabul , the 320 - mile stretch which was to be made so famous to Victorian Englishmen of the ...
... road was no less spectacular . Unlike Hannibal , he had the sense to leave elephants out of an uncongenial adventure ... road from Kandahar to Kabul , the 320 - mile stretch which was to be made so famous to Victorian Englishmen of the ...
Table des matières
List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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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