Diadochs
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Recent papers in Diadochs
""En Filipo II y el Arte de la Guerra tendremos la oportunidad de conocer en profundidad a uno de los más grandes reyes de la antigua Macedonia. Gracias a su habilidad como estratega, diplomático, político y soldado, heredó un reino... more
Throughout history, the Seleucid military might demonstrated many times its importance for the maintenance, expansion and defense of the Empire. Rarely the Seleucid army was defeated in a campaign and it happened in front of the almighty... more
In the Hellenistig period kingdoms were as dependent on cities as cities were on them. Rather than coerce cities into submission at all cost, rulers preferred to seek peaceful co-operation with urban oligarchies.Working from Charles... more
This paper aims to give an alternative to the perceived idea that the political ambitions of Seleucus, Ptolemy and other Diadochs were limited as compared to those of Antigonus and Demetrius, and that they and their successors maintained... more
An extensive paper on the life and career of Eumenes from Kardia, the secretary of Alexander the Great, published in Στρατιωτική Επιθεώρηση (Military Review) in 2 parts (December 1981-January 1982)
Until the twentieth century, there has been no period in history in which women were so powerful in monarchical states on so regular a basis as the Hellenistic period: Olympias, Arsinoe Philadelphus, Laodice, Cleopatra Thea, Cleopatra... more