The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire by Nicholas Elliott, Pierre Briant

The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire

Nicholas Elliott, Pierre Briant

470 pages 2017

2 editions

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The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed a figure more of legend than of history. Thinkers of the European Enlightenment, searching for ancient models to understand conte...

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