Alexander’s Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors
Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture
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Runner-up, PROSE Award, Classics and Ancient History, 2013
From antiquity until now, most writers who have chronicled the events following the death of Alexander the Great have viewed this history through the careers, ambitions, and perspectives of Alexander’s elite successors. Few historians have probed the experiences and attitudes of the ordinary soldiers who followed Alexander on his campaigns and who were divided among his successors as they fought for control of his empire after his death. Yet the veterans played an important role in helping to shape the character and contours of the Hellenistic world.
This pathfinding book offers the first in-depth investigation of the Macedonian veterans’ experience during a crucial turning point in Greek history (323–316 BCE). Joseph Roisman discusses the military, social, and political circumstances that shaped the history of Alexander’s veterans, giving special attention to issues such as the soldiers’ conduct on and off the battlefield, the army assemblies, the volatile relationship between the troops and their generals, and other related themes, all from the perspective of the rank-and-file.
Roisman also reexamines the biases of the ancient sources and how they affected ancient and modern depictions of Alexander’s veterans, as well as Alexander’s conflicts with his army, the veterans’ motives and goals, and their political contributions to Hellenistic history. He pays special attention to the Silver Shields, a group of Macedonian veterans famous for their invincibility and martial prowess, and assesses whether or not they deserved their formidable reputation.
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In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of the ancient world, Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced and historically acute portrayal of his subjects, set against the political backdrop of their time. A history of lives lived intensely at a time when the world was changing profoundly, this audiobook takes listeners on a journey that crosses cultures and boundaries, from ancient Greece and ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De Kdmd en 02-23-16
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Bosworth 1485
- Psychology of a Battle
- De: Michael K. Jones
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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On August 22, 1485, at Bosworth Field, Richard III fell, the Wars of the Roses ended, and the Tudor dynasty began. The clash is so significant because it marks the break between medieval and modern; yet how much do we really know about this historical landmark? Michael K. Jones uses archival discoveries to show Richard III's defeat was by no means inevitable and was achieved only through extraordinary chance. He relocates the battle away from the site recognized for more than 500 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At last I am able to grasp this important history!
- De NC-N-NC en 03-29-16
De: Michael K. Jones
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Napoleon's Wars
- An International History, 1803-1815
- De: Charles Esdaile
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 24 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
In the most definitive account to date, respected historian Charles Esdaile argues that the chief motivating factor for Napoleon was his insatiable desire for fame. More than a myth-busting portrait of Napoleon, however, this volume offers a panoramic view of the armed conflicts that spread so quickly out of revolutionary France to countries as remote as Sweden and Egypt.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not bad, nor what I was expecting
- De Judd Bagley en 07-18-09
De: Charles Esdaile
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By the Spear
- Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire
- De: Ian Worthington
- Narrado por: Phil Holland
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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For the first time, By the Spear offers an exhilarating military narrative of the reigns of these two larger-than-life figures in one volume. Ian Worthington gives full breadth to the careers of father and son, showing how Philip was the architect of the Macedonian empire, which reached its zenith under Alexander, only to disintegrate upon his death.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bueller..... Bueller...... Bueller...... Monotone
- De Jonathan Allen Beard en 02-15-15
De: Ian Worthington
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Constantine the Emperor
- De: David Potter
- Narrado por: Phil Holland
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along after him. Indeed, this major new biography argues that Constantine's conversion is but one feature of a unique administrative style that enabled him to take control of an empire beset by internal rebellions and external threats by Persians and Goths.
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4 out of 5 stars
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In this sign thou shalt conquer!
- De Darwin8u en 06-11-18
De: David Potter
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The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire
- The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
- De: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 21 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing audiobook makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve victory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It didn't lose me
- De Matt en 04-28-15
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Scipio Africanus
- Greater Than Napoleon
- De: B.H. Liddell Hart
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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Scipio Africanus (236-183 BC) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory. As B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses - many still feasible today - than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent performance of a tough script.
- De A. Johnson en 12-23-19
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His Excellency
- George Washington
- De: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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Acclaimed author Joseph J. Ellis penned the National Book Award-winning American Sphinx and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers, a fixture on The New York Times best seller list for an entire year, and one of the most popular history books of all time. Now this master historian turns his attention to the most exalted American hero, Founding Father and first President George Washington.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ellis is a known liar
- De Theresa en 02-21-05
De: Joseph J. Ellis
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Mortal Republic
- How Rome Fell into Tyranny
- De: Edward J. Watts
- Narrado por: Matt Kugler
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Well Written Timely Work
- De David I. Williams en 09-10-20
De: Edward J. Watts
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Alexander the Great
- The Hunt for a New Past
- De: Paul Cartledge
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 458
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Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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NOT a Chronology of Alexander’s Life
- De Blane Richoux en 12-30-20
De: Paul Cartledge
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Revolutionary Summer
- The Birth of American Independence
- De: Joseph J. Ellis
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on the run, improvising as history congealed around them. In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain’s Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other.
Revolutionary Summer tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Andrew en 12-18-18
De: Joseph J. Ellis
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- De: Anthony Everitt
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
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In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life here as a witty and cunning political operator.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An eloquent man, and a patriot
- De Darwin8u en 01-19-15
De: Anthony Everitt
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Rome and the Mediterranean Vol. 1
- The Histories
- De: Polybius
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Polybius wrote his Histories "to find out by what means and by what political system the entire world was brought under the domination of Rome." Within the short space of about 50 years Rome went from being a provincial leader of an Italian confederacy to become the Mistress of the Mediterranean. Polybius was one of the first historians to attempt to present history as a sequence of causes and effects, based upon a careful examination of tradition and a keen scrutiny of the facts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You have to know what your are getting into
- De Dylan en 01-24-10
De: Polybius
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Washington's Revolution
- The Making of America's First Leader
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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George Washington was famously unknowable, but Robert Middlekauff penetrates the mystique to reveal the fears, values, and passions that drove him. Rich in psychological details regarding Washington's temperament, idiosyncrasies, and experiences, this audiobook shows us a self-conscious Washington who grew in confidence and experience as a young soldier, businessman, and Virginian gentleman; and was transformed into an American patriot by the revolutionary ferment of the 1760s and 70s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fresh Look at Leader of American Revolution
- De Sean Lannan en 09-02-15
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Napoleon
- Soldier of Destiny
- De: Michael Broers
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
Written with great energy and authority - and using the newly available personal archives of Napoleon himself - the first volume of a majestic two-part biography of the great French emperor and conqueror.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clarity
- De Tad Davis en 03-25-19
De: Michael Broers
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Napoleon
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 154
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
Paul Johnson's book is a refreshing return to a concept whose time has come once again: the Great Man theory of biography. It serves as "the greatest possible refutation of those who hold that events are governed by forces, classes, economics, and geography rather than the powerful wills of men and women". Napoleon truly was the Great Man of his age, a towering and terrible genius who managed to conquer the Continent.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not your standard biography
- De Mark Grannis en 04-24-05
De: Paul Johnson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Alexander’s Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors
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- Johnny Bard
- 01-16-25
Fine Audio Book on the Post-Alexander World
I own the book - great read and reference text. I purchased the audiobook to refresh my memory before resuming intense research on the Diadochoi. Highly recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-04-20
Pass
It was difficult to get threw, they should have picked a better narrator too.. would just have to say pass on this one..
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