The Macedonian State: origins, institutions, and history

Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond

Clarendon Press, 1989 - History - 413 pages

In 338 BC Philip II of Macedon established Macedonian rule over Greece; he was succeeded in 336 by his son Alexander the Great, whose conquests in the twelve years that followed reached as far as the Russian steppes, Afghanistan, and the Punjab, and created the Hellenistic world. The study ofMacedonia has just been completed in three volumes by N. G. L. Hammond, helped by G. T. Griffith and F. W. Walbank. On the basis of that work, (Volume III of which won the Runicman Award, 1989), Professor Hammond now provides in one volume a history of the Macedonian State in action from early timesto 167 BC. The most important concern is the nature of the Macedonian State and its institutions both in Europe and in the Hellenistic kingdoms in Asia and Egypt, on which much new light has been shed by epigraphic and archaeological discoveries. Those institutions have had a profound influence uponsubsequent history. Full references are given to the ancient sources of information and to archaeological, numismatic, and epigraphic articles.

Contents

• THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE I: 1
• n THE MONARCHY OF THE TEMENID KINGS: 16
• HI THE MACEDONIANS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS: 37

About the author

The late N. G. L. Hammond taught Greek at Bristol University and Clare College, Cambridge University. His many books include "Alexander the Great: King, Commander, and Statesman" and the three-volume "A History of Macedonia".

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Macedonian State: origins, institutions, and history
• Author: Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1989
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: May 23, 2008
• ISBN: 0198148836, 9780198148838
• Length: 413 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece; History / Europe / Eastern; History / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical