Product Description

This major study by a leading expert is dedicated to the thirty years after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. It deals with the emergence of the Successor monarchies and examines the factors which brought success and failure. Some of the central themes are the struggle for pre-eminence after Alexander's death, the fate of the Macedonian army of conquest, and the foundation of Seleucus' monarchy. Bosworth also examines the statesman and historian Hieronymus of Cardia, concentrating on his treatment of widow burning in India and nomadism in Arabia. Another highlight is the first full analysis of the epic struggle between Antigonus and Eumenes (318-316), one of the most important and decisive campaigns of the ancient world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #276553 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

About the Author
A. B. Bosworth is Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia.

Customer Reviews

The starting point for serious study of the diadochoi
A wonderful book. Given that Prof. Bosworth is only writing a series of chapters on certain aspects of the period of the Successors, he goes into a remarkable level of detail and analysis.
His conclusions are strong, well-reasoned, and backed up by scrupulous referencing and source analysis. However, the reader must be wary of regarding Bosworth's studies as definitive - they present merely one side, albeit perhaps the strongest argued, of a particularly vexatious period for modern scholars. His chronology of the period, towards the back of the book, is perhaps the best example of the extent of the division in modern scholarship on the issues that he discusses and analyses.
This is, however, the best place to start when considering serious study of the post-Alexander period.