Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph (Paperback)
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Short Description for Alexander and the East Between 329 and 325 BC Alexander and his army swept across Central Asia and Pakistan. This text documents Alexander's relations with those he conquered and his concept of personal divinity and universal monarchy. Parallels are drawn with the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Full description- Publisher: Clarendon Press
- Published: 17 December 1998
- Format: Paperback 234 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Literary Studies: General | Warfare & Defence | European History | Asian History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780198152620 ISBN 10: 0198152620
- Sales rank: 1,250,036
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Full description for Alexander and the East
In this study Brian Bosworth looks at the critical period between 329 and 325 BC, when Alexander the Great was active in Central Asia and what is now Pakistan. He documents Alexander's relations with the peoples he conquered, and addresses the question of what it meant to be on the receiving end of the conquest, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression. At the same time Alexander's views of empire are investigated, his attitude to his subjects, and the development of his concepts of personal divinity and universal monarchy. Analogies are thus drawn with the Spanish conquest of Mexico, which has a comparable historiographical tradition and parallels many of Alexander's dealings with his subjects. Although of concern to the specialist, this book is equally directed at the general reader interested in the history of Alexander and the morality of empire.
