Demetrius the Besieger

Demetrius the Besieger
Author: Pat Wheatley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2020-04-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 019883604X


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Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known as 'The Besieger of Cities', Demetrius is the most fascinating and high profile of the Successors to Alexander the Great, an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure famous for his siege warfare and his legendary womanising: this volume charts the many triumphs and disasters during his career and hispivotal role in the formation of the so-called 'Hellenistic' age.


Demetrius the Besieger
Language: en
Pages: 517
Authors: Pat Wheatley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known
Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean
Language: en
Pages: 371
Authors: Jeremy Armstrong
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-26 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume offers an overview of current directions in the study of siege warfare from around the ancient Mediterranean world.
Demetrius the Besieger
Language: en
Pages: 528
Authors: Pat Wheatley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-29 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known
Demetrius the Besieger
Language: en
Pages: 517
Authors: Pat Wheatley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-29 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known
The Making of a King
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Robin Waterfield
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"Our volume tells the story of Macedon's complex relations with Greece, Egypt, and the Near East in the "middle period" of the post-Alexander era. It opens abou