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List of Plates | |
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List of Abbreviations | |
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Preface | |
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Map: Alexander's Campaigns, 334-323 BC | |
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The Family of Philip II and Alexander | |
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The Family of Olympias | |
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Translator's Note | |
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Introduction | |
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Macedonian Background | |
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Early History of Macedonia | |
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Macedonians and Greeks: Language, Culture, Attitudes | |
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The King, Aristocracy, and Macedonian Institutions | |
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Philip II, Father of Alexander the Great | |
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Philip's Marriages | |
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Philip's Death | |
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A Comparison of Philip and Alexander | |
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Alexander's Family, Youth, Appearance, and Character | |
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Alexander's Parents and Mythical Ancestors | |
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Alexander's Siblings: A Warlike Half-Sister and a Mentally Defective Half-Brother | |
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Alexander's Education | |
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Alexander's Body | |
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Alexander's Attitude towards Sex | |
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Alexander's Drinking, Personal Habits, and Health | |
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Alexander's Character, Intellect, and Moderation | |
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Alexander and Bucephalas | |
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The Persians and their Empire | |
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The Empire before Alexander's Accession | |
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Persian Wealth and Displays of Opulence | |
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Death of Darius III | |
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Alexander and the Greeks | |
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The Panhellenic Crusade | |
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Alexander's Punishment of those Greeks who Opposed Him | |
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Greek Ambassadors to the Great King Captured by Alexander | |
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Resistance to Alexander in his Absence | |
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Alexander and the Greek Cities of Asia Minor | |
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The Army and War | |
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Financial Resources and Military Strength | |
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Major Battles | |
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Sieges and Smaller Battles | |
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Alexander and the Barbarians | |
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Alexander Adopts Persian Dress and Practices | |
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The Attempt to Introduce Proskynesis | |
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Mixed Marriages | |
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The Epigoni and the Appointment of Orientals in the Army | |
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The Persian Seal | |
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The Tomb of Cyrus the Great | |
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Macedonian Reaction to Alexander's Orientalism | |
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Alexander and Women | |
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Alexander and his "Mothers": Olympias, Ada, and Sisygambis | |
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The Captive Persian Queens | |
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The Amazon Queen | |
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Timocleia of Thebes | |
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The Wife of Spitamenes | |
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Alexander and Roxane | |
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Alexander and Cleophis | |
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Gods and Heroes | |
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Imitation and Emulation of Achilles, Heracles, and Dionysus | |
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The Gordian Knot | |
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Amun (Ammon) and Alexander's "Divinity" | |
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Alexander and the Macedonians: Disaffection, Conspiracy, and Mutiny | |
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General Account of Alexander's Savagery | |
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Alexander the Lyncestian | |
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The Elimination of Philotas and Parmenion | |
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Cleitus | |
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Callisthenes and the Hermolaus Conspiracy | |
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Coenus Opposes Alexander at the Hyphasis (Beas) River | |
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Rivalry between Craterus and Hephaestion | |
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Harpalus, Alexander's Imperial Treasurer | |
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The "Opis Mutiny" | |
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Alexander's Final Days, Final Plans, and the Division of Power after his Death | |
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Death of Alexander | |
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Rumors of Poisoning | |
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The Hypomnemata and the Final Plans of Alexander | |
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Alexander's Will and the Division of Power after his Death | |
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Alexander and the Romans | |
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A Roman View of Alexander's Conquests | |
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Did the Romans Send an Embassy to Alexander? | |
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Could Alexander have Conquered the Romans? | |
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Roman Imitation and Emulation of Alexander | |
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Cities Founded by Alexander | |
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Alexandria in Egypt | |
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Alexandria in the Hindu Kush (Parapamisus) | |
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Alexandria-Eschate (Alexandria on the Iaxartes) | |
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Bucephala and Nicaea on the Hydaspes (Jhelum) | |
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Alexandria in Carmania | |
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Alexandria in Susiana | |
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Foundations Amongst the Cossaeans | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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Plates | |
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Bust of Alexander known as the Azara Herm | |
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Alexander with lion headdress from the battlescene on the Alexander Sarcophagus | |
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Hephaestion; from a hunting scene on the Alexander Sarcophagus | |
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The Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii | |
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Coin showing Alexander with lion headdress | |
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Coin showing Alexander with elephant headdress | |
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Coin showing Alexander with horns of Amun (Ammon) | |
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The Marriage of Alexander and Roxane from fresco by "Il Sodoma" | |