Alexander’s Empire

This illustrated 1887 work describes Alexander's conquests, the collapse of his empire after his death, and the rise of Rome.

Preface; 1. Alexander's place in history; 2. Youth and accession of Alexander; 3. The struggle for the supremacy of the world; 4. The Macedonian empire and its limits up to Alexander's death; 5. The problem of the succession; 6. The later wars of the Diadochi down to the battle of Ipsus; 7. From the battle of Ipsus to the invasion of the Celts; 8. The invasion of the Celt (Galatians) and its consequences; 9. King Pyrrhus of Epirus; 10. The golden age of Hellenism; 11. The new lines adopted by philosophy under the Diadochi; 12. The stages of Hellenism in the third century; 13. The three young kings; 14. Science and latters at Alexandria in the days of Philadelphus; 15. The third generation of Hellenism; 16. The rise of the Achaean League; 17. King Agis of Sparta; 18. The rise and spread of federations in the Hellenistic world; 19. The events of King Demetrius II's reign; 20. Commerce and culture at Pergamum and Rhodes; 21. The rise of Antigonus Doson and Cleomenes; 22. The Cleomenic War to the battle of Sellasia; 23. The condition of the Hellenistic world in 221 BC; 24. The last independent sovereigns of the empire; 25. The condition of Pergamum and Rhodes; 26. The reign of Philip V of Macedon; 27. State of the Hellenistic world from 204 to 197 BC; 28. The Hellenistic world from BC 197-190; 29. The Hellenistic world from the battle of Magnesia to the accession of Perseus; 30. The struggle of Perseus with the Romans; 31. The last Syrian war, and fourth assertion of Roman supremacy; 32. The influence of Hellenism on Rome; List of names easily confounded; Index.