Nicator: Seleucus I and his empire

When the vast empire of Alexander the Great broke up, the Macedonian general Seleucus secured the lion?s share for himself and went on to become the longest-lived of Alexander?s successors. His tactical skills and his military innovations ? including his use of war elephants on a scale never seen be...

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Main Author: Hannestad, Lise 1943- (Composer)
Format: Musical Score Book
Language:English
Published: Aarhus Aarhus University Press [2020]
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Summary:When the vast empire of Alexander the Great broke up, the Macedonian general Seleucus secured the lion?s share for himself and went on to become the longest-lived of Alexander?s successors. His tactical skills and his military innovations ? including his use of war elephants on a scale never seen before in the West ? earned him the epithet Nicator, ?victorious?. When he died at the hands of an assassin in 281 BC, Seleucus ruled over a larger territory than any Hellenistic monarch before or since his time, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. This book is a study of his life and achievements, his time and his legacy. It is based on Graeco-Roman and Babylonian written sources as well as on the rapidly growing body of archaeological evidence.00Lise Hannestad is professor emerita of Classical Archaeology at Aarhus University. Her main research areas are the Near East in the Hellenistic period, the Etruscans and Black Sea archaeology.
Physical Description:181 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme, Pläne
ISBN:9788772191737