F. W. Walbank
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
The vast land empire that Alexander the Great left to his successors was without parallel in Greek history. Alexander's family and generals created a new order of monarchies and city-states, which was to control most of the territory between the Adriatic Sea and western India for three hundred years.
The term 'hellenistic' is commonly used to describe this world in which Greek was the lingua franca.
Greeks flocked southwards and eastwards to found...
3) Polybius
Author
Series
Sather classical lectures volume 42
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Series
Cambridge ancient history volume 8
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English