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Demetrius: Sacker of Cities

byJames Romm

Classicist James Romm tells the turbulent life of Demetrius Poliorcetes, the “Sacker of Cities,” who fought for power after Alexander the Great's death. Brilliant at siege warfare and theatrical self-presentation, Demetrius won spectacular victories, suffered equally dramatic reversals, and briefly ruled Macedonia. His campaigns moved across Greece, Asia, and the eastern Mediterranean in an era of shifting alliances among Alexander's successors. Romm portrays a charismatic commander whose appetite for glory exceeded his ability to build stable rule, using his rise and fall to illuminate the violent invention of the Hellenistic world.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780300259070