- Hardcover: 684 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press (April 30 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0198148151
- ISBN-13: 978-0198148159
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,046,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`a major achievement for all concerned Times Higher Educational Supplement
'No one in the field can, or would wish to ignore the three massive volumes of H.'s History of Macedonia.It informs and stimulates, irritates and provokes; and for all these reasons represents a milestone in the development of Macedonian studies. We have good reason to be grateful to him and his fellow-authors for this achievement.' R. Malcolm Errington, Philipps-Universitat, Marburg, The Classical Review
'No one in the field can, or would wish to ignore the three massive volumes of H.'s History of Macedonia.It informs and stimulates, irritates and provokes; and for all these reasons represents a milestone in the development of Macedonian studies. We have good reason to be grateful to him and his fellow-authors for this achievement.' R. Malcolm Errington, Philipps-Universitat, Marburg, The Classical Review
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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 the kingdom 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 the Macedonian-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 the arts and into the structure and the institutions of this most remarkable of all the monarchic states.
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The best historic work on ancient Greek Macedonia., Mar 2 2009
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This review is from: A History of Macedonia. Volume III: 336-167 BC (Hardcover)
N. G. L. Hammond was the leading authority in the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. Tutor at Clare College, Cambridge. He was elected a member of the British Academy in 1968. He was also editor and contributor to various volumes of the Cambridge Ancient History and the second edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary. His work on ancient Macedon is enormous. Based on solid archaeological evidence, he gives a clear and detailed description of this ancient Greek kingdom. A must buy for everyone who wants to study the specific period.
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