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Darius in the shadow of Alexander
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ISBN: 9780674493094 9780674744608 0674744608 0674493095 0674745205 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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The last of Cyrus the Great’s dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Darius III ruled over a Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Yet, despite being the most powerful king of his time, Darius remains an obscure figure. As Pierre Briant explains in the first book ever devoted to the historical memory of Darius III, the little that is known of him comes primarily from Greek and Roman sources, which often present him in an unflattering light, as a decadent Oriental who lacked the masculine virtues of his Western adversaries. Influenced by the Alexander Romance as they are, even the medieval Persian sources are not free of harsh prejudices against the king Dara, whom they deemed deficient in the traditional kingly virtues. Ancient Classical accounts construct a man who is in every respect Alexander’s opposite—feeble-minded, militarily inept, addicted to pleasure, and vain. When Darius’s wife and children are captured by Alexander’s forces at the Battle of Issos, Darius is ready to ransom his entire kingdom to save them—a devoted husband and father, perhaps, but a weak king. While Darius seems doomed to be a footnote in the chronicle of Alexander’s conquests, in one respect it is Darius who has the last laugh. For after Darius’s defeat in 331 BCE, Alexander is described by historians as becoming ever more like his vanquished opponent: a Darius-like sybarite prone to unmanly excess.


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Alexander the Great and Hernán Cortés
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ISBN: 1498505295 1498505287 9781498505284 9781498505277 1498505279 9781498505291 Year: 2015 Publisher: Lanham

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This biographical pairing of Alexander the Great and Hernán Cortés reflects both upon the character and the leadership abilities of the two famous conquerors. The book joins historical narrative with source analysis and consideration of moral themes revealing underappreciated aspects of their leadership.


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The Hellenistic world : using coins as sources
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ISBN: 9781107086968 1107086965 9781107451759 1107451752 9781316091784 1316091783 131643513X 1316430162 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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"Coinage is one of our key sources for the rich and fascinating history of the Hellenistic world (323-31 BC). This book provides students of the period with an up-to-date introduction to Hellenistic gold, silver and bronze coins in their cultural and economic contexts. It also offers new perspectives on four major themes in contemporary Hellenistic history: globalisation, identity, political economy and ideology. With more than 250 illustrations, and written in a lucid and accessible style, this book sheds new light on the diverse and multicultural societies of the Hellenistic world, from Alexander to Augustus. The author assumes no prior knowledge of Hellenistic history, and all Greek and Latin texts are translated throughout"--

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Coins, Greek --- Coinage --- Hellenism --- Globalization --- Group identity --- History. --- Economic aspects --- Alexander, --- Greece --- Mediterranean Region --- Civilization. --- History --- Civilization --- Greek influences. --- Coinage. --- Coins, Greek. --- Group identity. --- Hellenism. --- Economic aspects. --- Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.). --- 359-323 B.C. --- Greece. --- Mediterranean Region. --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Legal tender --- Mints --- Money --- Silver question --- Greek coins --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Macedonia --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Coins, Greek - Sources. --- Coinage - Greece - History. --- Hellenism - History. --- Globalization - Economic aspects - Mediterranean Region. --- Group identity - Mediterranean Region - History. --- Alexander, - the Great, - 356 B.C.-323 B.C. --- Greece - Civilization. --- Greece - History - Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C. --- Mediterranean Region - Civilization - Greek influences. --- Alexander the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

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