TY  - BOOK
AU  - Waterfield,Robin
TI  - Dividing the spoils: the war for Alexander the Great's empire 
T2  - Ancient warfare and civilization
SN  - 0195395239 (hc. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Generals
KW  - Greece
KW  - Biography
KW  - Macedonia
KW  - History
KW  - Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Diadochi, 323-276 B.C
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - To 476
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The legacy of Alexander the Great -- The Babylon conferences -- Rebellion -- Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and Alexander's corpse -- The first war of the successors -- Polyperchon's moment -- The triumph of Cassander -- Hunting Eumenes in Iran -- Antigonus, Lord of Asia -- The restoration of Seleucus -- Warfare in Greece -- The end of Antigonus -- The kingdoms of Ptolemy and Seleucus -- Demetrius resurgent -- The fall of Demetrius -- The last successors -- Timeline -- Cast of characters -- Genealogies
N2  - "Dividing the spoils" revives the memory of Alexander's Successors, whose fame has been dimmed only because they stand in his enormous shadow. In fact, Alexander left things in a mess at the time of his death, with no guaranteed succession, no administration in place suitable for such an enormous realm, and huge untamed areas both bordering and within his 'empire'. The Successors consolidated the Conqueror's gains. Their competing ambitions, however, meant that consolidation inevitably led to the break-up of the empire
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