Conquest and Empire : The Reign of Alexander the Great

Author: Bosworth, A. B.

Ancient Greece

Published on 26 March 1993 by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Canto' series.

Paperback / softback | 348 pages, 11 Maps
217 x 141 x 48 | 450g

This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC), focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler cult.