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Author : Michael Francis Ierardi
Release : 1993
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Book Synopsis Agathokles of Syracuse and the Greek West by : Michael Francis Ierardi
Download or read book Agathokles of Syracuse and the Greek West written by Michael Francis Ierardi. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher de Lisle
Release : 2021-02-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Agathokles of Syracuse by : Christopher de Lisle
Download or read book Agathokles of Syracuse written by Christopher de Lisle. This book was released on 2021-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agathokles of Syracuse ruled large areas of Sicily and southern Italy between 317 and 289 BC. In this book, Christopher de Lisle argues that Agathokles was an important player in the Mediterranean world at a key moment in its history. Agathokles' career has important implications for our definition of the Hellenistic world and its relationship to both the western Mediterranean and earlier Greek history. However, he has tended not to feature in studies of the Hellenistic world or of ancient Sicily. In ancient discourse about him, in the coins he issued, in his interactions with the world around him, and in the way he ruled, Agathokles is simultaneously heir to a long tradition and actively engaged in his contemporary world. The failure to place Agathokles in both of these contexts up till now has contributed to the development of an excessively deep separation between the western and eastern Mediterranean and between the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This work - the first book-length study of Agathokles in English in over a century - places him in the context of both the earlier history of Sicily, and the developments in the eastern Mediterranean that mark the start of the Hellenistic era. The volume includes a narrative of his career, studies of his coinage and his representation in literary sources, and a series of explorations of important themes and regions.
Author : Christopher de Lisle
Release : 2021-02-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Agathokles of Syracuse by : Christopher de Lisle
Download or read book Agathokles of Syracuse written by Christopher de Lisle. This book was released on 2021-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agathokles of Syracuse ruled large areas of Sicily and southern Italy between 317 and 289 BC. In this book, Christopher de Lisle argues that Agathokles was an important player in the Mediterranean world at a key moment in its history. Agathokles' career has important implications for our definition of the Hellenistic world and its relationship to both the western Mediterranean and earlier Greek history. However, he has tended not to feature in studies of the Hellenistic world or of ancient Sicily. In ancient discourse about him, in the coins he issued, in his interactions with the world around him, and in the way he ruled, Agathokles is simultaneously heir to a long tradition and actively engaged in his contemporary world. The failure to place Agathokles in both of these contexts up till now has contributed to the development of an excessively deep separation between the western and eastern Mediterranean and between the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This work - the first book-length study of Agathokles in English in over a century - places him in the context of both the earlier history of Sicily, and the developments in the eastern Mediterranean that mark the start of the Hellenistic era. The volume includes a narrative of his career, studies of his coinage and his representation in literary sources, and a series of explorations of important themes and regions.
Author : H. J. W. Tillyard
Release : 2015-12-03
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Agathocles by : H. J. W. Tillyard
Download or read book Agathocles written by H. J. W. Tillyard. This book was released on 2015-12-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1908, this book presents a comprehensive account regarding the reign of Agathocles of Syracuse (361-289 BC). The text is divided into six chapters: 'The Authorities'; 'Agathocles as an Adventurer'; 'Agathocles as a Soldier-Prince in Sicily'; 'Agathocles' Warfare in Africa'; 'Agathocles' Last War against the Sicilians'; 'Agathocles as King'. It was awarded The Prince Consort Prize for 1908. Notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Agathocles and ancient history.
Author : Graham Shipley
Release : 2014-03-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC by : Graham Shipley
Download or read book The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC written by Graham Shipley. This book was released on 2014-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek World After Alexander 323–30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy, and science, and establishes how far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it. Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the context of the social divisions between an educated elite and a general population at once more mobile and less involved in the political life of the Greek city.
