Greece, Macedon and Persia contains a collection of papers related to the history and historiography of warfare, politics and power in the Ancient Mediterranean world. The contributions, written by 19 recognized experts from a variety of methodological and evidentiary perspectives, show how ancient peoples considered war and conflict at the heart of social, political and economic activity. Though focusing on a single theme – war – the papers are firmly based in the context of the wider social and literary issues of Ancient Mediterranean scholarship and as such, consider war and conflict as part of a complex matrix of culture in which historical actors articulate their relationships with society and historical authors articulate their relationships with history. The result is a rich understanding of Ancient World history and history-writing. The volume is presented in honour of Waldemar Heckel, a foremost scholar of Alexander the Great and ancient warfare.

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Waldemar Heckel, Bibliography
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction: Wald
Chapter 1: Darius I and the Problems of (Re)conquest: Resistance, false identities and the impact of the past
Chapter 2: Clausewitz and Ancient Warfare
Chapter 3: Thucydides and the Failure in Sicily
Chapter 4: Women and Symposia in Macedonia
Chapter 5: Infantry and the Evolution of Argead Macedonia
Chapter 6: Equine Aspects of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian Cavalry
Chapter 7: Macedonian Armies, Elephants, and the Perfection of Combined Arms
Chapter 8: Military Unrest in the Age of Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Defining the terms of debate
Chapter 9: Opposition to Macedonian Kings: Riots for rewards and verbal protests
Chapter 10: Arrian and ‘Roman’ Military Tactics. Alexander’s campaign against the Autonomous Thracians
Chapter 11: Counter-Insurgency: The lesson of Alexander the Great
Chapter 12: The Comparison between Alexander and Philip. Use and metamorphosis of an ideological theme
Chapter 13: The Callisthenes Enigma
Chapter 14: Alexander’s Unintended Legacy: Borders
Chapter 15: Cleomenes of Naucratis, Villain or Victim?
Chapter 16: Cult of the Dead and Vision of the Afterlife in Early Hellenistic Macedonia
Chapter 17: The Career of Sostratos of Knidos: Politics, Diplomacy and the Alexandrian Building Programme in the Early Hellenistic Period
Chapter 18: What did Arsinoe tell Lysimachus about Philetaerus?
Chapter 19: Polybius on Naval Warfare
Chapter 20: Rome’s Apparent Disinterest in Macedonia 168–148 BCE
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