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Demetrius: Sacker of Cities

by James Romm

The life of Demetrius (337–283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander the Great (323–282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander’s place, his empire fragmented into five pieces.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780300259070