Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from
Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and his death triggered forty
bloody years of world-changing events. These were years filled with
high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic
marriages, treachery, shifting alliances, and mass slaughter on
battlefield after battlefield. And while the men fought on the
field, the women, such as Alexander's mother Olympias, schemed from
their palaces and pavilions.
Dividing the Spoils serves up a fast-paced narrative that captures
this turbulent time as it revives the memory of the Successors of
Alexander and their great contest for his empire. The Successors,
Robin Waterfield shows, were no mere plunderers. Indeed, Alexander
left things in great disarray at the time of his death, with no
guaranteed succession, no administration in place suitable for such
a large realm, and huge untamed areas both bordering and within his
empire. It was the Successors--battle-tested companions of
Alexander such as Ptolemy, Perdiccas, Seleucus, and Antigonus the
One-Eyed--who consolidated Alexander's gains. Their competing
ambitions, however, eventually led to the break-up of the empire.
To tell their story in full, Waterfield draws upon a wide range of
historical materials, providing the first account that makes
complete sense of this highly complex period.
Astonishingly, this period of brutal, cynical warfare was also
characterized by brilliant cultural achievements, especially in the
fields of philosophy, literature, and art. A new world emerged from
the dust and haze of battle, and, in addition to chronicling
political and military events, Waterfield provides ample discussion
of the amazing cultural flowering of the early Hellenistic Age.
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