In the Shadow of Olympus : The Emergence of Macedon

by: Borza, E.N.

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In the Shadow of Olympus
The Emergence of Macedon
Eugene N. Borza

About this book
In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute...to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon.... Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history."--Waldemar Heckel, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1 Toward a History of Ancient Macedonia

2 The Land of Macedonia

3 Prehistoric Macedonia

4 Who Were the Macedonians?

5 Alexander I

6 Perdiccas II

7 Archelaus

8 The House of Amyntas III

9 " . . . The Greatest of the Kings in Europe . . ."

10 Political Institutions in the Age of Philip and Alexander

11 Material Culture in the Age of Philip and Alexander

12 The Emergence of Macedon

APPENDIX A. Some Bibliographical Notes

APPENDIX B. Some Topographical Notes

APPENDIX C. Some Diverse Endnotes

APPENDIX D. Addenda to the Paperback Edition

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

In the Shadow of Olympus : The Emergence of Macedon

by: Borza, E.N.

• ISBN-13: 9780691008806 / 978-0-691-00880-6
• ISBN-03: 0691008809 / 0-691-00880-9
• Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1990

Price: 44,00 EURO

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