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Cartledge Paul: Alexander the Great: The Truth Behind the Myth

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six he had made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By the time of his death, aged only thirty-three, in 323BCE he was ruler of the known world and was being worshipped as a god by the Greeks, both at Babylon, where he died, and further west, among the Greek cities of the…

Cartledge Paul: Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable…