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Alexander the Great - The Story of an Ancient Life (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,059
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Alexander the Great - The Story of an Ancient Life (Paperback, New): Thomas R. Martin, Christopher W Blackwell

Alexander the Great - The Story of an Ancient Life (Paperback, New)

Thomas R. Martin, Christopher W Blackwell

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Everything we know about Alexander comes from ancient sources, which agree unanimously that he was extraordinary and greater than everyday mortals. From his birth into a hypercompetitive world of royal women through his training under the eyes and fists of stern soldiers and the piercing intellect of Aristotle; through friendships, rivalries, conquests and negotiations; through acts of generosity and acts of murder, this book explains who Alexander was, what motivated him, where he succeeded (in his own eyes) and where he failed, and how he believed that he earned a new 'mixed' nature combining the human and the divine. This book explains what made Alexander 'Great' according to the people and expectations of his time and place and rejects modern judgments asserted on the basis of an implicit moral superiority to antiquity.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2012
First published: September 2012
Authors: Thomas R. Martin • Christopher W Blackwell
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 208
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-14844-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN: 0-521-14844-8
Barcode: 9780521148443

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