Demetrius the Besieger by Wheatley, Pat -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Epigraph Preface Contents List of Maps and Figures

Maps Figures

List of Abbreviations Other Maps Introduction 1. The Young Demetrius Poliorcetes

Family Background and Education Demetrius’ Physical Characteristics

2. Demetrius and Phila

Childhood’s End Phila Antigonus after Triparadeisus

3. A Diadoch’s Apprenticeship

Demetrius at Paraetacene Gabiene: the Sources Demetrius at Gabiene

4. Demetrius in Syria, 315–312 bc

Return from Iran, November 316 Demetrius and Mithridates Ctistes Demetrius’ First Solo Command

5. The Battle of Gaza

The Course of the Battle The Sources Demetrius and Gaza

6. The Aftermath of Gaza

Syria Lost and Retaken The Nabataean Expeditions

7. Demetrius in Babylonia

Chronology 1) Diodorus’ Chronography 2) The Timing of the ‘Peace of 311’ 3) Demetrius in the Babylonian Chronicle? Strategy The Course of the Campaign

8. The Silent Years 310–308 bc 9. The Antigonid ‘Liberation’ of Athens in 307 bc

The Literary Sources The Chronology and Course of the Campaign Demetrius and Cratesipolis

10. Demetrius in Athens

The Athenian Reaction Demetrius’ Activities, Winter 307/306

11. The Antigonid Campaign in Cyprus, 306 bc

The Timing of the Campaign Preliminary Phases The Battle of Salamis The Aftermath

12. The Fruits of Victory: Kingship, Lamia, Africa

The Assumption of the Kingship Lamia Demetrius on the Nile The Historiography and Consequences of the Egyptian Expedition

13. The Great Siege of Rhodes

Preliminaries The Sources The Course of the Siege The Floruit of Poliorcetics The end of the siege

14. Demetrius’ Return to Greece, 304–303 bc

Early Campaigning, Autumn 304 A Scandalous Winter in Athens Demetrius in the Peloponnese, February–April 303

15. The Mysteries and the League

The City and the King Demetrius and the Eleusinian Mysteries The Hellenic League of 302 Confronting Cassander, 302 bc

16. The Campaign of Ipsus

Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus The War that these Kings Waged against Each Other

17. Demetrius’ Flight

The Coinage of Demetrius

18. The Besieger Alone

Wedding Bells for the Successors: the Alliances of 299/298

19. Demetrius and Athens. Again

Operations in the Peloponnese

20. The Acquisition of Macedonia 21. King of the Macedonians

Lanassa

22. Demetrius the Living God

The Ithyphallic Hymn

23. A New Anabasis?

Numismatic Evidence after 290 bc

24. Wolves at the Door: 288–285 bc

The Loss of Macedonia The Death of Phila

25. Demetrius’ Fortunes Unravel 26. The Final Campaign 27. The End of the Reign of Demetrius Poliorcetes Conclusion Appendix 1: The Colossus of Rhodes Appendix 2: Chronology of the Life of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336–282 bc) Bibliography Index

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