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About the Author
Guy MacLean Rogers holds a Ph.D. in classics from Princeton University. He has received grants and
fellowships from, among other institutions, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American
Philosophical Society, and All Souls College Oxford. His first book, The Sacred Identity of
Ephesos: Foundation Myths of a Roman City, won the Routledge Ancient History Prize. Chairman of
the Department of History of Wellesley College from 1997 to 2001, he grew up and still lives in
Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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Document Outline
Title Page
Preface
List of Maps
Introduction
The Main Characters
Rulers of Persia and Macedon
Chronology
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1€€The Blood of Heroes
CHAPTER 2 Ahuramazda’s Plan
CHAPTER 3€€The Emergence of a Superpower
CHAPTER 4€€The Assassination of Philip II
CHAPTER 5€€The Spear-Won Prize of Asia
CHAPTER 6€€The Greek Cities of Asia Minor
CHAPTER 7€€The Battle of Issos
CHAPTER 8€€Master of Sieges
CHAPTER 9€€The Gift of the River
CHAPTER 10€€The Battle of Gaugamela
CHAPTER 11€€The Sack of Persepolis
PART TWO
CHAPTER 12€€The Death of Darius
CHAPTER 13€€Anticipation
CHAPTER 14€€The Massacre of the Branchidae
CHAPTER 15€€The Wrath of Dionysos
CHAPTER 16€€The End of the Revolts
CHAPTER 17€€One Kiss the Poorer
CHAPTER 18€€In the Footsteps of Dionysos
CHAPTER 19€€The Battle of the Hydaspes
CHAPTER 20€€The Mutiny at the Hyphasis River
PART THREE
CHAPTER 21€€The Meed of Great Deeds
CHAPTER 22€€Fulfillment of an Oracle
CHAPTER 23€€Death in the Desert
CHAPTER 24€€The Reign of Terror?
CHAPTER 25 Nabarzanes’ Gift
CHAPTER 26€€Marriage: Persian Style
CHAPTER 27€€The Mutiny at Opis
CHAPTER 28€€Future Plans
CHAPTER 29€€Death in Babylon
CHAPTER 30€€Alexander: Mass Murderer or Messiah?
CHAPTER 31€€Alexander and the Ambiguity of Greatness
Epilogue
Appendix: Sources: Flacks, Hacks, and Historians
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Texts in Notes
Notes
Select Modern Bibliography
About the Author
Copyright Page
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