Screen LibraryPhilip II of Macedonia
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 303 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780300120790 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300120796 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K545 |
| CLC: | K545.2 |
| Call Number: | K545.2/W933 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-297) and index. Preamble: 'The greatest of the kings in Europe'? -- Philip's Macedonia -- Philip's youth and accession -- The new army and the unification of Macedonia -- The war over Amphipolis -- Apollo's saviour: Philip and the sacred war -- The fall of Olynthus -- Apollo rescued, and the peace of Philocrates -- The hostile aftermath -- Thrace: the die is cast -- Chaeronea and the end of Greek liberty -- From master of Greece to conqueror of Persia? -- Assassination -- After Philip -- Philip in retrospect: king, man and God? -- Philip and Alexander: like father, like son? Alexander the Great is probably most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often, but what of his father, Philip II, who united Macedonia, created the best army in the world at the time, and conquered and annexed Greece? This biography is the first to bring Philip to life, exploring the details of his life and legacy.--[book cover] |