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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... empire had never been the slavish kingdom of an all - powerful master . Centralized rule is the victim of time and distance and in an empire where a royal letter could take three months to go from Phrygia to the Persian Gulf , power had ...
... empire had never been the slavish kingdom of an all - powerful master . Centralized rule is the victim of time and distance and in an empire where a royal letter could take three months to go from Phrygia to the Persian Gulf , power had ...
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... empire . As the middle kingdom between China and the Mediterranean , Iran does not have a natural interest in the Medi- terranean sea ; by Aegean observers , reared on memories of Persia's in- vasions of Greece , it was easily forgotten ...
... empire . As the middle kingdom between China and the Mediterranean , Iran does not have a natural interest in the Medi- terranean sea ; by Aegean observers , reared on memories of Persia's in- vasions of Greece , it was easily forgotten ...
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... empire . The hill tribes too were left free and now had less of a grievance against their rulers ; the Persians ' empire spread like a ground mist through the plains and valleys and when it came up against a mountain it could only halt ...
... empire . The hill tribes too were left free and now had less of a grievance against their rulers ; the Persians ' empire spread like a ground mist through the plains and valleys and when it came up against a mountain it could only halt ...
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Preface | 133 |
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