Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 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--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. |
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Page 90
... already sixty - five years old , was to be deputy - com- mander of the army with authority over the whole left wing in the line of battle . One of his sons , Philotas , was to command the Companion Cavalry , another son the Shield ...
... already sixty - five years old , was to be deputy - com- mander of the army with authority over the whole left wing in the line of battle . One of his sons , Philotas , was to command the Companion Cavalry , another son the Shield ...
Page 165
... already warned of Parmenion's approach down the coast to the Pillar of Jonah . If so , it seemed that Alexander was detained far away in Cilicia and had split his forces most unwisely . The moment seemed ripe to march north- wards , on ...
... already warned of Parmenion's approach down the coast to the Pillar of Jonah . If so , it seemed that Alexander was detained far away in Cilicia and had split his forces most unwisely . The moment seemed ripe to march north- wards , on ...
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... already browsed imprudently among the poisonous spurges near Herat . As for the 32,000 troops , they were short of food in a land where the harvest is garnered early in order to escape the cutting winds : tents , therefore , were tugged ...
... already browsed imprudently among the poisonous spurges near Herat . As for the 32,000 troops , they were short of food in a land where the harvest is garnered early in order to escape the cutting winds : tents , therefore , were tugged ...
Table des matières
List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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