By Bob Bennett,Mike Roberts
When the demise Alexander the nice was once requested to whom he bequeathed his big empire, he supposedly responded 'to the strongest'. There ensued an extended sequence of struggles among his generals and governors for keep an eye on of those territories. almost all these Diadochi (Successors) have been consummate pros who had learnt the artwork of battle less than Alexander or perhaps his father, Philip. Few died a relaxed demise and the final survivors of this difficult breed have been nonetheless major their armies opposed to one another good into their seventies.
Colourful characters, epic battles, treachery and subterfuge make this a interval with nice entice a person drawn to historical heritage and historic battle specifically. The wars formed the map from the Balkans to India for the following couple of centuries.
This first quantity introduces the main personalities - characters resembling Antigonos 'Monopthalmus' (the One-eyed) and his son 'Demetrius 'Poliorcetes' (the Besieger), Seleucus 'Nicator' ('the Victorious') and Ptolemy 'Soter' ('the Saviour') - and provides a story of the motives and process those wars from the demise of Alexander to the conflict of Corupedium (281 BC) while the final unique Diadochi confronted one another one ultimate time.
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