Book contents
- Frontmatter
- ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I ALEXANDER'S PLACE IN HISTORY
- II YOUTH AND ACCESSION OF ALEXANDER
- III THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SUPREMACY OF THE WORLD (B.C. 334-330)
- IV THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE AND ITS LIMITS UP TO ALEXANDER'S DEATH (B.C. 323)
- V THE PROBLEM OF THE SUCCESSION (B.C. 323-313)
- VI THE LATER WARS OF THE DIADOCHI DOWN TO THE BATTLE OF IPSUS (B.C. 313-301).—THE CAREER OF DEMETRIUS
- VII FROM THE BATTLE OF IPSUS TO THE INVASION OF THE CELTS (B.C. 301–278)
- VIII THE INVASION OF THE CELTS (GALATIANS) AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
- IX KING PYRRHUS OF EPIRUS
- X THE GOLDEN AGE OF HELLENISM
- XI THE NEW LINES ADOPTED BY PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE DIADOCHI
- XII THE STAGES OF HELLENISM IN THE THIRD CENTURY B.C
- XIII THE THREE YOUNG KINGS.—A SKETCH OF ANTIGONUS GONATAS, HIS ACTS AND CHARACTER
- XIV SCIENCE AND LETTERS AT ALEXANDRIA IN THE DAYS OF PHILADELPHUS
- XV THE THIRD GENERATION OF HELLENISM.—THE THREE GREAT KINGDOMS
- XVI THE RISE OF THE ACHÆAN LEAGUE UNDER ARATUS.—HIS POLICY
- XVII KING AGIS OF SPARTA.—THE POLITICAL THEORISTS OF THE DAY
- XVIII THE RISE AND SPREAD OF FEDERATIONS IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD.—THE ACHÆAN AND OTHER LEAGUES.—UNION BECOMES POPULAR
- XIX THE EVENTS OF KING DEMETRIUS II.'S REIGN.–THE FIRST INTERFERENCE OF THE ROMANS IN THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER
- XX COMMERCE AND CULTURE AT PERGAMUM AND RHODES
- XXI THE RISE OF ANTIGONUS DOSON AND CLEOMENES (B.C. 229-223)
- XXII THE CLEOMENIC WAR (B.C. 224–221) TO THE BATTLE OF SELLASIA.—THE POLICY OF ARATUS
- XXIII THE CONDITION OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD IN 221 B.C
- XXIV THE LAST INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNS OF THE EMPIRE.—THE FATE OF ANTIOCHUS III AND PTOLEMY IV. (PHILOPATOR)
- XXV THE CONDITION OF PERGAMUM AND RHODES
- XXVI THE REIGN OF PHILIP V. OF MACEDON, UP TO HIS INTERFERENCE IN EASTERN AFFAIRS.–HIS WARS IN GREECE
- XXVII STATE OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD FROM 204 TO 197 B.C.—THE FIRST ASSERTION OF ROME'S SUPREMACY
- XXVIII THE HELLENISTIC WORLD FROM B.C. 197–190—THE SECOND ASSERTION OF ROME'S SUPREMACY.—MAGNESIA
- XXIX THE HELLENISTIC WORLD FROM THE BATTLE OF MAGNESIA TO THE ACCESSION OF PERSEUS (B.C. 190–179)
- XXX THE STRUGGLE OF PERSEUS WITH THE ROMANS.–THE THIRD ASSERTION OF ROME'S SUPREMACY.—PYDNA (B.C. 168)
- XXXI THE LAST SYRIAN WAR, AND FOURTH ASSERTION OF ROMAN SUPREMACY.—THE CIRCLE OF POPILIUS LÆNAS (B.C. 168)
- XXXII THE INFLUENCE OF HELLENISM ON ROME
- LIST OF NAMES EASILY CONFOUNDED
- INDEX
III - THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SUPREMACY OF THE WORLD (B.C. 334-330)
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I ALEXANDER'S PLACE IN HISTORY
- II YOUTH AND ACCESSION OF ALEXANDER
- III THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SUPREMACY OF THE WORLD (B.C. 334-330)
- IV THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE AND ITS LIMITS UP TO ALEXANDER'S DEATH (B.C. 323)
- V THE PROBLEM OF THE SUCCESSION (B.C. 323-313)
- VI THE LATER WARS OF THE DIADOCHI DOWN TO THE BATTLE OF IPSUS (B.C. 313-301).—THE CAREER OF DEMETRIUS
- VII FROM THE BATTLE OF IPSUS TO THE INVASION OF THE CELTS (B.C. 301–278)
- VIII THE INVASION OF THE CELTS (GALATIANS) AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
- IX KING PYRRHUS OF EPIRUS
- X THE GOLDEN AGE OF HELLENISM
- XI THE NEW LINES ADOPTED BY PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE DIADOCHI
- XII THE STAGES OF HELLENISM IN THE THIRD CENTURY B.C
- XIII THE THREE YOUNG KINGS.—A SKETCH OF ANTIGONUS GONATAS, HIS ACTS AND CHARACTER
- XIV SCIENCE AND LETTERS AT ALEXANDRIA IN THE DAYS OF PHILADELPHUS
- XV THE THIRD GENERATION OF HELLENISM.—THE THREE GREAT KINGDOMS
- XVI THE RISE OF THE ACHÆAN LEAGUE UNDER ARATUS.—HIS POLICY
- XVII KING AGIS OF SPARTA.—THE POLITICAL THEORISTS OF THE DAY
- XVIII THE RISE AND SPREAD OF FEDERATIONS IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD.—THE ACHÆAN AND OTHER LEAGUES.—UNION BECOMES POPULAR
- XIX THE EVENTS OF KING DEMETRIUS II.'S REIGN.–THE FIRST INTERFERENCE OF THE ROMANS IN THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER
- XX COMMERCE AND CULTURE AT PERGAMUM AND RHODES
- XXI THE RISE OF ANTIGONUS DOSON AND CLEOMENES (B.C. 229-223)
- XXII THE CLEOMENIC WAR (B.C. 224–221) TO THE BATTLE OF SELLASIA.—THE POLICY OF ARATUS
- XXIII THE CONDITION OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD IN 221 B.C
- XXIV THE LAST INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNS OF THE EMPIRE.—THE FATE OF ANTIOCHUS III AND PTOLEMY IV. (PHILOPATOR)
- XXV THE CONDITION OF PERGAMUM AND RHODES
- XXVI THE REIGN OF PHILIP V. OF MACEDON, UP TO HIS INTERFERENCE IN EASTERN AFFAIRS.–HIS WARS IN GREECE
- XXVII STATE OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD FROM 204 TO 197 B.C.—THE FIRST ASSERTION OF ROME'S SUPREMACY
- XXVIII THE HELLENISTIC WORLD FROM B.C. 197–190—THE SECOND ASSERTION OF ROME'S SUPREMACY.—MAGNESIA
- XXIX THE HELLENISTIC WORLD FROM THE BATTLE OF MAGNESIA TO THE ACCESSION OF PERSEUS (B.C. 190–179)
- XXX THE STRUGGLE OF PERSEUS WITH THE ROMANS.–THE THIRD ASSERTION OF ROME'S SUPREMACY.—PYDNA (B.C. 168)
- XXXI THE LAST SYRIAN WAR, AND FOURTH ASSERTION OF ROMAN SUPREMACY.—THE CIRCLE OF POPILIUS LÆNAS (B.C. 168)
- XXXII THE INFLUENCE OF HELLENISM ON ROME
- LIST OF NAMES EASILY CONFOUNDED
- INDEX
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- Alexander's Empire , pp. 12 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1887