Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to Ancient Macedonia
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to Ancient Macedonia
Editor/Author
Roisman, Joseph and Worthington, Ian
Publication Year: 2010
Publisher: Wiley
Single-User Purchase Price:
$228.95

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$343.42
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7936-2
Category: History - History, Ancient
Image Count:
42
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invaluable reference for students and scholars alike.
- Features new, specially commissioned essays by leading and up-and-coming scholars in the field
- Examines the political, military, social, economic, and cultural history of ancient Macedonia from the Archaic period to the end of Roman period and beyond
- Discusses the importance of art, archaeology and architecture
- All ancient sources are translated in English
- Each chapter includes bibliographical essays for further reading
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Notes on Style
- List of Abbreviations
- Maps
- PART I Preamble
- 1 Why Study Ancient Macedonia and What this Companion is About Edward M. Anson
- PART II Evidence
- 2 The Literary and Epigraphic Evidence to the Roman Conquest P.J.Rhodes
- 3 The Numismatic Evidence Karsten Dahmen
- PART III Macedonia and Macedonians
- 4 The Physical Kingdom Carol G. Thomas
- 5 Macedonians and Greeks Johannes Engels
- 6 Perspectives on the Macedonians from Greece, Rome, and Beyond Sulochana R. Asirvatham
- PART IV History
- 7 The Early Temenid Kings to Alexander I Slawomir Sprawski
- 8 Classical Macedonia to Perdiccas III Joseph Roisman
- 9 Philip II Sabine Müller
- 10 Alexander the Great, Macedonia and Asia Dawn L. Gilley and Ian Worthington
- 11 Alexander’s Successors to 221 bc Winthrop Lindsay Adams
- 12 Macedonia and Rome, 221–146 bc Arthur M. Eckstein
- 13 Provincia Macedonia John Vanderspoel
- PART V Neighbours
- 14 Macedonia, Illyria and Epirus William S. Greenwalt
- 15 Macedonia and Thessaly Denver Graninger
- 16 Macedonia and Thrace Zosia Archibald
- 17 Macedonia and Persia Marek Jan Olbrycht
- PART VI Politics, Society, Economy and Culture
- 18 Macedonian Kingship and Other Political Institutions Carol J. King
- 19 Social Customs and Institutions: Aspects of Macedonian Elite Society Noriko Sawada
- 20 Macedonian Women Elizabeth Carney
- 21 Macedonian Religion Paul Christesen and Sarah C. Murray
- 22 The Macedonian Army Nicholas Victor Sekunda
- 23 The Political Economy of Macedonia Paul Millett
- 24 Classical Art to 221 bc Craig I. Hardiman
- 25 Hellenistic and Roman Art, 221 bc–ad 337 Rachel Kousser
- PART VII After Rome
- 26 Macedonia in Late Antiquity Carolyn S. Snively
- 27 Ancient Macedonia, Alexander the Great and the Star or Sun of Vergina: National Symbols and the Conflict between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia Loring M. Danforth
- Bibliography