The Hellenistic World: Revised Edition / Edition 2

by F. W. Walbank

Overview

The vast empire that Alexander the Great left at his death in 323 BC has few parallels. For the next three hundred years the Greeks controlled a complex of monarchies and city-states that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to India. F. W. Walbank’s lucid and authoritative history of that Hellenistic world examines political events, describes the different social systems and mores of the people under Greek rule, traces important developments in literature and science, and discusses the new religious movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674387263
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	10/15/1993
Series:	Cambridge Ancient History Series
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

F. W. Walbank was Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations

Preface

1. Introduction: The Sources

2. Alexander the Great (336-323)

3. The Formation of the Kingdoms (323-276)

4. The Hellenistic World: A Homogeneous Culture?

5. Macedonia and Greece

6. Ptolemaic Egypt

7. The Seleucids and the East

8. Inter-City Contacts and Federal States

9. Social and Economic Trends

10. Cultural Developments: Philosophy, Science and Technology

11. The Frontiers of the Hellenistic World: Geographical Studies

12. Religious Developments

13. The Coming of Rome

Date Chart

Maps

Abbreviations

Further Reading and Bibliography

Index of Sources

General Index

Editorial Reviews

Walbank’s erudition is predictably wide as well as deep, his mastery of the essential documents assured… He is also commendably up-to-date on many vexed questions of interpretation… Walbank is clear and perceptive.

Times Literary Supplement - Peter Green

Anyone with an interest in classical civilization would enjoy this… It is the best book [on the subject] available in English.

Financial Times - Robin Lane Fox

Walbank’s Hellenistic World beautifully recalls for contemporary readers the general and special achievements and features of one of the most remarkable periods in world history.

History - John E. Rexine

Together these five compact volumes [Early Greece by Oswyn Murray, Democracy and Classical Greece by J. K. Davies, The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, The Roman Republic by Michael Crawford, and The Roman Empire by Colin Wells, in addition to the newly published The Later Roman Empire by Averil Cameron] cover much of the history of the classical world, and do so with both ease and authority… For this new series they have been revised or otherwise brought up to date.

Washington Post Book World

A concise but comprehensive and authoritative book in English on the Hellenistic world, the world set in motion by Alexander the Great, is indeed most welcome. Walbank was unquestionably well equipped to undertake such a project, and his contribution has been well appreciated.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review - Edmund F. Bloedow

A concise but comprehensive and authoritative book in English on the Hellenistic world, the world set in motion by Alexander the Great, is indeed most welcome. Walbank was unquestionably well equipped to undertake such a project, and his contribution has been well appreciated.--Edmund F. Bloedow "Bryn Mawr Classical Review"

Anyone with an interest in classical civilization would enjoy this... It is the best book [on the subject] available in English.--Robin Lane Fox "Financial Times"

Together these five compact volumes [Early Greece by Oswyn Murray, Democracy and Classical Greece by J. K. Davies, The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, The Roman Republic by Michael Crawford, and The Roman Empire by Colin Wells, in addition to the newly published The Later Roman Empire by Averil Cameron] cover much of the history of the classical world, and do so with both ease and authority... For this new series they have been revised or otherwise brought up to date.-- "Washington Post Book World"

Walbank's Hellenistic World beautifully recalls for contemporary readers the general and special achievements and features of one of the most remarkable periods in world history.--John E. Rexine "History"

Walbank's erudition is predictably wide as well as deep, his mastery of the essential documents assured... He is also commendably up-to-date on many vexed questions of interpretation... Walbank is clear and perceptive.--Peter Green "Times Literary Supplement"

From the Publisher

A concise but comprehensive and authoritative book in English on the Hellenistic world, the world set in motion by Alexander the Great, is indeed most welcome. Walbank was unquestionably well equipped to undertake such a project, and his contribution has been well appreciated.
— Edmund F. Bloedow

Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Walbank's erudition is predictably wide as well as deep, his mastery of the essential documents assured...He is also commendably up-to-date on many vexed questions of interpretation...Walbank is clear and perceptive.
— Peter Green

Times Literary Supplement

Anyone with an interest in classical civilization would enjoy this...It is the best book [on the subject] available in English.
— Robin Lane Fox

Financial Times

Walbank's Hellenistic World beautifully recalls for contemporary readers the general and special achievements and features of one of the most remarkable periods in world history.
— John E. Rexine

History