Introduction. Chronological Table.
Abbreviations I: Ancient Authors.
Abbreviations II: Multi-Volume Reference Works.
Abbreviations III: Modern Works.
Map of Alexander?s campaigns, 334-323 BC.
A to Z.
Anonymous Individuals: Women.
Anonymous Individuals: Men.
Notes.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Concordance.
Bibliography.
Stemmata
Waldemar Heckel is Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is the author of The Marshals of Alexander?s Empire (1992), The Wars of Alexander the Great (2002), Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation (with J.C. Yardley, Blackwell, 2003), The Conquests of Alexander the Great (2007), and Alexander the Great: A New History (with L.A. Tritle, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
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