(P/B) PHILIP II OF MACEDONIA

Παρουσίαση

Alexander the Great is remembered as a brilliant conqueror, but his father's achievements as a leader were greater still.
Alexander the Great is probably the most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often in books and films. But what of his father, Philip II, who united Macedonia, created the best army in the world at the time, and conquered and annexed Greece? This landmark biography is the first to bring Philip to life, exploring the details of his life and legacy and demonstrating that his achievements were so remarkable that it can be argued they outshone those of his more famous son. Without Philip, Greek history would have been entirely different.
Taking into account recent archaeological discoveries and reinterpreting ancient literary records, Ian Worthington brings to light Philip's political, economic, military, social, and cultural accomplishments. He reveals the full repertoire of the king's tactics, including several polygamous diplomatic marriages, deceit, bribery, military force, and a knack for playing off enemies against one another. The author also inquires into the king's influences, motives, and aims, and in particular his turbulent, unraveling relationship with Alexander, which may have ended in murder. Philip became in many ways the first modern regent of the ancient world, and this book places him where he properly belongs: firmly at the center stage of Greek history. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PHILIP'S LIFE AND REIGN: THE MAIN EVENTS
QUOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
MAPS
1. Preamble: 'The Greatest of the Kings in Europe'?
2. Philip's Macedonia
3. Philip's Youth and Accession
4. The New Army and the Unification of Macedonia
5. The War over Amphipolis
6. Apollo's Saviour: Philip and the Sacred War
7. The Fall of Olynthus
8. Apollo Rescued, and the Peace of Philocrates
9. The Hostile Aftermath
10. Thrace: The Die Is Cast
11. Chaeronea and the End of Greek Liberty
12. From Master of Greece to Conqueror of Persia?
13. Assassination
14. After Philip
15. Philip in Retrospect: King, Man - and God?
16. Philip and Alexander: Like Father, Like Son?
APPENDICES
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX