Alexanders Heirs: The Age of the Successors

Alexander the Great is one of the most mercurial and transformational figures in world history. His empire was vast, stretching across the ancient world from Greece and Egypt to India. In the wake of his death, his generals—the Diadochi—once tenuously united, turned on one another, each in pursuit of what he believed was his rightful role as ruler. In this narrative history, Anson explores the period of time known as the Age of the Successors—the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great. It is a story of ambition, power, and war, but at its core, it is a story of transition—of how one man′s empire ultimately became the Hellenistic World.

Maps Abbreviations Chronology Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Death of a Conqueror Chapter 3: The Funeral Games Begin Chapter 4: The End of a Dynasty Chapter 5: “War, Both the King and Father of All” Chapter 6: The End of the Diadochi Epilogue: The New World Bibliography

Edward M. Anson is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is the author of Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (2013) and Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2004), and co–editor of After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323–281 BC) (with V.Alonso Troncoso, 2013).