A History of Macedonia: 336-167 B.C.

Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Frank William Walbank

Clarendon Press, 1988 - History - 654 pages

This volume carries the history of Macedonia through from the death of Philip II to the end of its existence as an independent state in 167 BC. Its expansion in the reign of Alexander is one of the miracles of history. An attempt is made to understand the internal sources of strength of thekingdom and the impact of Alexander's career upon the Macedonians, the Greek states, and the Balkan area. It then goes on to examine the period of civil war which followed, between the Macedonian generals, each of them claiming to defend the monarchy. After the death of Alexander IV theMacedonian-Hellenistic kingdoms are viewed from the standpoint of Macedonia and the Greek mainland, which remain the central topics of this three-volume history. The final phase is dominated by the wars with Rome; recent discoveries have afforded new insights into Macedonia's contribution to thearts and into the structure and the institutions of this most remarkable of all the monarchic states.

Contents

• THE FIRST ACTS OF ALEXANDER AND THE NATURE: 3
• ALEXANDER IN THE BALKAN AREA: 32
• ALEXANDER AND THE GREEK STATES: 56
• ALEXANDER AND THE MACEDONIANS: 86
• OF CIVIL WAR AMONG THE MACEDONIANS: 95
• THE CIVIL WAR AND THE SPLITTING OF: 123
• THE AMBITION OF ANTIGONUS THE END OF: 151
• SOME FEATURES OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD: 180
• FROM IPSUS TO THE END OF CASSANDERS DYNASTY: 199
• THE YEARS OF CHAOS 2852776 B C: 239
• THE EARLY YEARS: 259
• THE NAVAL SITUATION: 290
• THE LAST YEARS 251239: 296
• DEMETRIUS II 239229 B C: 317
• ANTIGONUS DOSON 22Q22I B C: 337
• PHILIP BECOMES MASTER OF HIS COURT: 367
• THE CONSOLIDATION OF MACEDONIAS POWER: 385
• THE INTERVENTION AND THE WITHDRAWAL: 400
• PHILIPS EXPANSIONIST POLICY AND: 411
• THE DEFEAT OF THE MACEDONIAN ARMY AND: 429
• COLLABORATION AND SUSPICION BETWEEN: 448
• COLD FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MACEDONIA AND ROME: 488
• THE INDECISIVE: 505
• THE DEFEAT OF THE MACEDONIAN STATE I 68: 532
• THE DISMEMBERMENT OF MACEDONIA AND: 558
• The formal relations between Macedonia: 571
• The chronology of the years 281276 B C: 580
• The battles of Cos and Andros: 587
• The formal relations of Macedonia and some: 601
• Some holdings of Perseus in Thrace: 611
• LIST OF DATES: 618
• GENERAL INDEX: 629

About the author

N. G. L. Hammond is at Clare College, Cambridge. F. W. Walbank is at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A History of Macedonia: 336-167 B.C.; Volume 3 of A History of Macedonia, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond
• Authors: Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Frank William Walbank
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1988
• ISBN: 0198148151, 9780198148159
• Length: 654 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; History / Europe / Eastern