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ALEXANDER THE GREAT FAILURE This page intentionally left blank Alexander the Great Failure The Collapse of the Macedonian Empire John D. Grainger Hambledon Continuum is an imprint of Continuum Books Continuum UK, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX Continuum US, 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com Copyright © John D. Grainger 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission from the publishers. First published 2007 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 84725 188 6 Typeset by Pindar New Zealand (Egan Reid), Auckland, New Zealand Contents List of maps vii List of genealogies vii List of abbreviations viii Introduction xvii 1 Macedon 370–359 bc: a failing state 1 World view I: 360 bc 17 2 The security of Macedon, 359–354 bc 23 3 The defence of the kingdom, 354–346 bc 33 4 Cold war, 346–340 bc 47 5 The conquest of Greece, 340–334 bc 59 6 The great campaign, 334–325 bc 75 7 The united empire, 325–319 bc 87 World view II: 319 bc 99 8 Antigonos the One-Eyed, 319–311 bc 103 9 The new king, 311–306 bc 115 10 Antigonos’ failure, 306–298 bc 127 11 New kings for Macedon, 298–291 bc 137 12 King Demetrios and his enemies, 291–285 bc 147 13 The last chance for the empire, 285–281 bc 157 14 New kings, and disaster, 281–277 bc 165 15 The new world, 277–272 bc 175 World view III: 272 bc 185 Conclusion 189 Notes 195 Bibliography 217 Index 227 Maps The growth of Macedon, 359–334 bc ix The strategic crisis, 331 bc x Alexander’s empire xi The campaign against Antigonos, 302–301 bc xii Successor kingdoms of Alexander’s empire, 272 bc xiii Genealogies The Argead kings of Macedon xiv The family of Antipater xv The house of Antigonos xvi Abbreviations Austin M.M. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest, Cambridge 1981 BCH Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique CAH Cambridge Ancient History CQ Classical Quarterly FGrH P. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker, Berlin, from 1923 IG Inscriptiones Graecae JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies Macedonia N. G. L. Hammond et al., A History of Macedonia, Oxford 1972–1978 OGIS W. Dittenberger, (ed.) Orientis Graeci Inscriptones Selectae, Leipzig, 1903–1905 REA Revue des Etudes Anciennes SVA Die Staatsvertage des Altertums, vol. 2 ed. H. Bengtson, vol. 3 by H. H. Schmitt, Munich 1962 and 1969 Tod, GHI M. N. Tod, A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions, Oxford 1948 The growth of Macedon, 359–334 bc Pelagonia Thrace Byzantion Perinthos Lynkos Philippi Pella Amphipolis Orestis Chalkidike M Epiros A Elimaia P S Thessaly Pherai Lesbos Pergamon Ambrakia Sardis Macedon in 359 BC Aitolia Thebes Chios Conquests of Philip II Ephesos Corinth Athens Samos In process of conquest in 336 BC Miletos League of Corinth Sparta Greek cities conquered by Alexander, 334 BC Rhodes ix
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