Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 568 sivua Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 74
Sivu 182
... walls . Axes , poles and ladders had menaced third millennium walls of brick and mud , but in the second millennium , walls had improved and regained the upper hand . Battering rams and siege - towers reached their peak in seventh ...
... walls . Axes , poles and ladders had menaced third millennium walls of brick and mud , but in the second millennium , walls had improved and regained the upper hand . Battering rams and siege - towers reached their peak in seventh ...
Sivu 192
... walls to cause them to subside , an effective method against cities set on a ' tell ' of earth and one which was standard practice ; in 83 B.C. , when the Romans were besieging a town in Asia Minor , the defenders even stole out and ...
... walls to cause them to subside , an effective method against cities set on a ' tell ' of earth and one which was standard practice ; in 83 B.C. , when the Romans were besieging a town in Asia Minor , the defenders even stole out and ...
Sivu 303
... walls were a fit target for the stone - throwers , but their performance was unimpressive , perhaps because there was a shortage of ammunition ; stone is very scarce in the Turkestan desert and it cannot have been possible to transport ...
... walls were a fit target for the stone - throwers , but their performance was unimpressive , perhaps because there was a shortage of ammunition ; stone is very scarce in the Turkestan desert and it cannot have been possible to transport ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon ander Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry centre chariot Cleit command Companion Cavalry court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Harpalus Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus