Hellenistic Art: From Alexander the Great to AugustusHis vast territory, split up among his generals after his premature death, was ruled by several great Hellenistic dynasties, whose kingdoms encompassed a variety of strongly independent cultural traditions. Eventually, by the late first century BC, all of the Hellenistic kingdoms had come under the dominion of Rome. |
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Acknowledgements | 6 |
Macedon and the fourth century BC | 26 |
Ancient Faces | 50 |
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