Table of Contents

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

I In the face of Panhellenic War: Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, 340-334
II The Long Road to Asia Minor: Resistance in Macedonia and Greece
III First Clash in Asia Minor
IV From the Aegean to Cappadocia
V Persian Counter Measures: The War in the Aegean
VI The Great King and his Armies
VII The Campaign in Cilicia
VIII The Levant and Egypt: Collaboration and Resistance
IX Darius' Last Stand and the Collapse of Persian Resistance
X The End of Darius III
XI War in Central Asia
XII Persianizing and the Internal Enemy
XIII From the Hindu Kush to the Indus
XIV From the Panjab to Pattala
XV Return to the West: Problems of Consolidation and the Revival of Old Grievances
XVI Epilogue

Appendix: Sources for the History of Alexander
Glossary

Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Waldemar Heckel is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Research Fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary. His previous books include The Conquests of Alexander the Great, Who's Who in the Age of Alexander, and Alexander's Marshals.

Reviews

"This is undoubtedly a highly stimulating book, which will provoke significant reflections on many aspects of fourth-century BCE eastern Mediterranean history." -- Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece & Rome