ANTIGONUS II GONATAS Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Routledge, 1997

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Year of publication

1997

Author

Gabbert, Janice

Publishers

Routledge

Edition

First Edition

Keyword

Biographies & Memoirs Greek History Alexander The Great, Classical Greek & Roman Hellenism Hellenistic Politics, Imperialism Macedonia

Cover description

Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0415018994

First edition

Yes

Description

Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; 0.5 x 8.69 x 5.55 Inches; 88 pages; Blunt, honest and tenacious, Antigonus II Gonatas assumed the title King of Macedonia in 283 BC and reigned for more than forty years. Pragmatic and occasionally ruthless, he was a well-educated man with a keen interest in philosophy. He gathered about him poets, philosophers and historians; his long reign, despite vicissitudes, re-established Macedonia as a nation. Janice J. Gabbert portrays the eventful life of this enigmatic king in a lively and engaging manner. Her aim is to trace the political career of a man about whose life almost no official records survive. Taking into account the most recent epigraphical evidence, the author brings to life a fascinating political figure. This is the first study entirely devoted to Antigonus for over eighty years.