The Successor Wars

[mylesh]

Can anyone here suggest some good books or websites with extensive information on the Successor Wars?

[davej]

Peter Green's Alexander to Actium is a very good book. It is however very expensive. If you can get it from your local library its well worth a read.

[dio]

One book I have been impressed with is Richard Billows "Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State". Of course the emphasis is on Antigonos and Demetrios but as they were the main players in the early Diadochi period this is a good overview of the subject.

[maciek]

Hi!
Quite short about this subiect but interesting is Hammond's "Ancient Macedonia", well if You would read polish I'd have some very good books only about it, well maybe they are translated into english because thisis quite old (from sixties), I mean "Hellenica" and "Helladd of the kings" by Anna +Æwiderk+¦wna. Well Theese two books are very large and with many detailes. They start from Alex's death (which is not very nice to me;-)) and until the Roman's conquest of Egipt.Regards
Maciek

[susan]

You can also try Bosworth's Legacy of Alexander, which I'm reading at present - but it is quite expensive.Susan

[agesilaos]

In French there is P.Cloche 'La Dislocation d'empire' but your best bet would be to read Diodoros Siculus Book XIII-XX, lives of Demetrius and Pyrrhus in Plutarch and a few selections of Pausanias, since these supply the bulk of our sources.Helen Lund is good but conservative in 'Lysimachos: astudy in Hellenistic Kingship' whilst Alfred Duggan's 'Elephants and Castles' provides a painless introduction in a fictionalised account well rooted in the sources.

[marcus]

Hi Susan,Let me know what the book is like. As soon as I heard about it I shoved it in my Amazon wish-list, because I rather balked at the price - I'm interested in the Successors... but not *that* interested! :-)All the bestMarcus

[susan]

Yes, it's interesting but probably not enough to justify the cost. I've just been reading a much better book - totally off-topic - a 1912 book about European Christmas traditions, written around the same time as the Golden Bough and similar in scope. It contains the findings of academics like the one who did a lifelong study of the significance of German Christmas biscuits, and suggests thast the gingerbread men in Christmas stockings are the remnants of human sacrifices at midwinter. Stirring stuff indeed.Susan

[Nicator]

Michael Grant "From Alexander to Cleopatra". It's an excellent book, but not as exhaustive as Peter Green's book. In it he focus' on the hellenistic age and everything that happened during it. There are also some good websites...http://hometown.aol.co.uk/bobbbennett/synopsis.htm