The Making of a King: (Record no. 3354)

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control field PMNP
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250610130752.0
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780226611372
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency PMNP
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency Kutubkhanah Diraja
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 938.08092
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 3543
Personal name Waterfield, Robin E.
Dates associated with a name 1914-2002
Fuller form of name (Robin Everard),
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Making of a King:
Remainder of title Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Chicago
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Chicago Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 277p
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In the third century BCE, Macedon dominated mainland Greece, but was rapidly descending into chaos. One of the consequences was a massive invasion of Celts, who ravaged and plundered Macedon and northern Greece for several years. Antigonus Gonatas, son of one of Alexander the Great's Successors, finally defeated the Celts and laid the foundations for a long but troubled reign (276-239 BCE). In order to achieve stability, he adopted repressive measures towards many of the Greek cities.<br/><br/>The Making of a King is the first book in more than a century to tell the gripping story of Antigonus' rule: how he gained the throne, how he held it, the nature of his court, the measures he took towards the Greeks, and their responses.<br/><br/>While Antigonus was confirming his rule in Macedon by introducing constitutional changes there, the Greeks were making their own changes. Their only hope for independence lay in greater unity. Two great confederacies of Greek cities emerged: the Aetolians in central Greece, and the Achaeans in the Peloponnese. Robin Waterfield charts Antigonus' conflicts with the Greeks and with his perennial enemy, Ptolemy of Egypt. Successes, both diplomatic and military, against these enemies in the 260s and 250s BCE were not enough to gain him peace, and in his final years he saw his control of Greece whittled away by rebellion and the Greek confederacies. Ultimately, the lack of firm control of Greece by Macedon made it possible for Rome to take its place as the arbiter of the Greeks' future.
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9 (RLIN) 524
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization
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