A Companion to Ancient Macedonia [Hardcover]

• Features new, specially commissioned essays by  leading and up-and-coming scholars in the field
• Examines the political, military, social, economic, and cultural history of ancient Macedonia from the Archaic period to the end of Roman period and beyond
• Discusses the importance of art, archaeology and architecture
• All ancient sources are translated in English
• Each chapter includes bibliographical essays for further reading

List of Illustrations viii

List of Contributors xii

Preface xiv

Notes on Style xvi

List of Abbreviations xvii

Maps xx

PART I Preamble 1

1 Why Study Ancient Macedonia and What this Companion is About 3
Edward M. Anson

PART II Evidence 21

2 The Literary and Epigraphic Evidence to the Roman Conquest 23
P. J. Rhodes

3 The Numismatic Evidence 41
Karsten Dahmen

PART III Macedonia and Macedonians 63

4 The Physical Kingdom 65
Carol G. Thomas

5 Macedonians and Greeks 81
Johannes Engels

6 Perspectives on the Macedonians from Greece, Rome, and Beyond 99
Sulochana R. Asirvatham

PART IV History 125

7 The Early Temenid Kings to Alexander I 127