Demetrius The Besieger

Author : Pat Wheatley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019883604X
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demetrius the Besieger written by Pat Wheatley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Pat Wheatley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192573039
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demetrius the Besieger written by Pat Wheatley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure who presided over the disintegration of Alexander the Great's Empire after 323 BC, and the most fascinating and high profile of the Diadochoi, or Successors to Alexander the Great. His campaigns, initiatives, and personal life bestride the opening forty years of the so-called 'Hellenistic' age and are pivotal in its formation as he became the first of the Hellenistic Kings. As his name suggests, Demetrius was prodigious in his military adventures, and profligate in his private life, rendering him an icon for artists, writers, politicians, and soldiers for many centuries. He was especially famous for his spectacular siege operations against enemy cities, and gained his unique nickname from his innovation in building gigantic siege engines, which became legendary in the ancient world. However, much of Demetrius' life was enigmatic, oscillating wildly between successful and catastrophic ventures, and his intrinsic qualities remain debatable to this day. What is indisputable is that he presided over a formative period in history marked by great flux and enormous change. His endeavours resulted in the fusion of Asiatic and Greek cultures, producing the hybrid Hellenistic kingdoms which dominated the ancient world for some 200 years until the rise of the Roman Empire. The period is of crucial importance in ancient Greek history, and marks the point from which Hellenistic influence became fundamental in the development of modern Western culture.

Author : Pat Wheatley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192573047
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demetrius the Besieger written by Pat Wheatley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure who presided over the disintegration of Alexander the Great's Empire after 323 BC, and the most fascinating and high profile of the Diadochoi, or Successors to Alexander the Great. His campaigns, initiatives, and personal life bestride the opening forty years of the so-called 'Hellenistic' age and are pivotal in its formation as he became the first of the Hellenistic Kings. As his name suggests, Demetrius was prodigious in his military adventures, and profligate in his private life, rendering him an icon for artists, writers, politicians, and soldiers for many centuries. He was especially famous for his spectacular siege operations against enemy cities, and gained his unique nickname from his innovation in building gigantic siege engines, which became legendary in the ancient world. However, much of Demetrius' life was enigmatic, oscillating wildly between successful and catastrophic ventures, and his intrinsic qualities remain debatable to this day. What is indisputable is that he presided over a formative period in history marked by great flux and enormous change. His endeavours resulted in the fusion of Asiatic and Greek cultures, producing the hybrid Hellenistic kingdoms which dominated the ancient world for some 200 years until the rise of the Roman Empire. The period is of crucial importance in ancient Greek history, and marks the point from which Hellenistic influence became fundamental in the development of modern Western culture.

Author : Jeremy Armstrong
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900441374X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean written by Jeremy Armstrong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an overview of current directions in the study of siege warfare from around the ancient Mediterranean world.

Author : Alfred Duggan
Publisher : Canelo + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1788632338
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Besieger of Cities written by Alfred Duggan and published by Canelo + ORM. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic historical adventure of one of the most infamous of ancient Macedonians. In the dawning of the Silver Age of Hellas, the Greeks have exchanged political freedom for enormous wealth. But is membership to the new world Empire worth the loss of Liberty? In this new world, any man might be capable of anything. The enigmatic Demetrius believes he can do just that; win back the Empire that his father had helped Alexander to found. Fighting with increasingly ingenious methods, he becomes known for using archers mounted on elephants to conquer castles, and will become one of the most famous men of his time... This epic historical adventure of the ancient Macedonians is perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell.

Author : James Romm
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300259077
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demetrius written by James Romm and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again The life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander the Great (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander's place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world state, with a new Alexander--himself--at its head. He succeeded temporarily, but in crucial, colossal engagements--a massive invasion of Egypt, a siege of Rhodes that went on a full year, and the Battle of Ipsus--he came up just short. He ended his career in a rash invasion of Asia and became the target of a desperate manhunt only to be captured and destroyed by his own son-in-law.

Author : Jeff Champion
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783030429
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antigonus the One-Eyed written by Jeff Champion and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch described Antigonus the One Eyed (382-301 BC) 'as 'the oldest and greatest of Alexander's successors,' Antigonus loyally served both Philip II and Alexander the Great as they converted his native Macedonia into an empire stretching from India to Greece. After Alexander's death, Antigonus, then governor of the obscure province of Phrygia, seemed one of the least likely of his commanders to seize the dead king's inheritance. Yet within eight years of the king's passing, through a combination of military skill and political shrewdness, he had conquered the Asian portion of the empire.?His success caused those who controlled the European and Egyptian parts of the empire to unite against him. For another fourteen years he would wage war against a coalition of the other Successors, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, Seleucus and Cassander. In 301 he would meet defeat and death in the Battle of Ipsus. The ancient writers saw Antigonus' life as a cautionary tale about the dangers of hubris and vaulting ambition. Despite his apparent defeat, his descendants would continue to rule as kings and create a dynasty that would rule Macedonia for over a century. Jeff Champion narrates the career of this titanic figure with the focus squarely on the military aspects.

Author : Matthew Loar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108418422
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rome, Empire of Plunder written by Matthew Loar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary exploration of Roman cultural appropriation, offering new insights into the processes through which Rome made and remade itself.

Author : Peter Thonemann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198746040
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hellenistic Age written by Peter Thonemann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in hardback as The Hellenistic Age 2016.

Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198853017
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of a King written by Robin Waterfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of a King is the first book in more than a century to tell the gripping story of the rule of Antigonus Gonatas: how he gained the Macedonian throne, how he held it, the nature of his court, the measures he took towards the Greeks, and their responses.