The Rise of the Macedonian Empire
Title | The Rise of the Macedonian Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Curteis |
Publisher | Ozymandias Press |
Pages | 147 |
Release | 2018-04-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1531282253 |
The first two centuries of the Macedonian monarchy, covered by the reigns of six kings, were a period shrouded in obscurity, during which the rising kingdom had enlarged itself at the expense of its neighbors, and crossing the Axios had even reached the Strymon. This career of conquest had been scarcely arrested by the Persian invasions of Europe. Indeed Alexander I, son of Amyntas, was cunning enough to bow to the storm, and while cautiously doing his utmost to befriend the Greeks, affected to fall in with Persian ideas as to Macedon being the centre of a great vassal state, and thankfully accepted any extension of territory which the Great King might be pleased to give him. By these means he gained a footing among the Thracian tribes as far as Mount Haemus, while he attained an object by which he set even greater store as a true-blooded Hellene; for his claims to that title were publicly acknowledged at Olympia, and his victories in the Stadium celebrated by the Hellenic Pindar. Yet the difficulties of Alexander did not cease, but rather increased when danger no longer threatened Greece from the side of Persia. He had removed his capital from Aigai to Pydna, a step nearer to the Hellenes whom he admired so much. But close to Pydna lay Methone, an independent Greek city; while to the eastward in Chalcidice, and as far as the Strymon, were numerous Hellenic colonies whose sympathies drew them naturally to the south rather than the west - to Hellas, not to Macedon - and which, after the Persian wars, recognized in the maritime Athens their natural leader and protectress...
Rise of the Macedonian Empire
Title | Rise of the Macedonian Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Mapletoft Curteis |
Publisher | London : Longmans, Green |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1877 |
Genre | Macedonia |
ISBN |
By the Spear
Title | By the Spear PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Worthington |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 411 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0199929866 |
A unique military and cultural history that chronicles the reigns of Philip and Alexander the Great in one sweeping narrative.
Rise of the Macedonian Empire
Title | Rise of the Macedonian Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Mapletoft Curteis |
Publisher | Sagwan Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2018-02-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781376508246 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Rise of the Macedonian Empire
Title | The Rise of the Macedonian Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur M. Curteis |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2015-12-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781519697714 |
In Greek mythology, Makedon is the eponymous hero of Macedonia and is mentioned in Hesiod's Catalogue of Women. The first historical mention of the Macedonians occurs in the works of Herodotus during the mid-5th century BC. The book's seventeen chapters cover the history of Macedonia from pre-Philip II (Alexander's father), until Alexander's death. Highlights include the many battles of Alexander with Persia, the sack of Persepolis and the death of Darius, the founding of Alexandria, and Alexander's conquest of India.
Ancient Macedonia
Title | Ancient Macedonia PDF eBook |
Author | Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2020-11-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110718685 |
Nearly two centuries have passed since K. O. Müller published the first "scientific" study "on the habitat, the origin and the early history of the Macedonian people". An ever growing number of publications appearing each year has rendered urgent a critical appraisal of this exuberant production, the more so that many aspects of ancient Macedonia remain controversial, if not problematic. Yet after seventy years of large-scale systematic excavations the activity of Greek archaeologists, as well as the labour of scholars from all over the world, have revealed a heretofore terra incognita and given a consistency to the people that Alexander led to the end of the known world. Now more than ever before we can tackle the "main problems" that have been contested without conclusion: Where exactly was Macedonia? Which were its limits? Where did the Macedonians come from? What language did they speak? What cults did they practice? Did they believe in an afterlife? What political and social institutions did they have? What was Alexander's role in his father's death? What were his aims? To what extent can we trust ancient historians? Alexander failed to provide a stable successor to the Achaemenid multiethnic empire, and the sands of Egypt have effaced even the traces of his last abode, yet if he returned to life, he could still boast in the words of Cavafy, a modern Alexandrian in every sense, “a new Hellenic world, a great one, came to be ... with the extended dominions, with the various attempts at judicious adaptations. And the Greek koine language all the way to outer Bactria we carried it, to the peoples of India”.
Rise of the Macedonian Empire (Classic Reprint)
Title | Rise of the Macedonian Empire (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur M. Curteis |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2017-06-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780282197223 |
Excerpt from Rise of the Macedonian Empire Greek freedom destroyed. Because the Greeks hardly deserved to be free Salutary influence of Alexander' 5 conquest upon Asia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.