The Macedonian State Origins, Institutions, and History [Paperback]

In 338 B.C. Philip II of Macedon established Macedonian rule over Greece. He was succeeded in 336 B.C. by his son Alexander the Great, whose conquests during the next twelve years reached as far as the Russian steppes, Afghanistan, and the Punjab, thus creating the Hellenistic world. Based on his earlier work, a first-ever comprehensive history of ancient Macedonia, this abridgement now provides, in one volume, a history of the Macedonian State from early times to 167 B.C. Using recent epigraphic and archaeological discoveries, he offers new insight into the nature of the Macedonian State and its institutions both in Europe and in the Hellenistic kingdoms of Asia and Egypt.

1. The land and the people
2. The monarchy and the Temenid Kings
3. The Macedonians and their neighbours down to 452
4. The organization of the Macedonian State under Temenid rule
5. A period of weakness 452-359
6. The winning of military supremacy 359-323
7. The consolidation and expansion of the Macedonian State 359-323
8. Government and ideas in Europe in the period of greatness 359-323
9. The Macedonians and the Greeks of the Common Peace
10. The Civil War and the splitting of the Macedonian World 323-304
11. The wars of the Kings and the division of the Macedonian Kingdom 303-281
12. The heirs of strife and the intrusion of foreign powers 281-221
13. Philip V's policy in Greece and his war with Rome 221-196
14. Macedonia siding with Rome and at war with Rome 196-167
15. Institutions of the Macedonian State c. 267-167

[A] marvelous contribution to ancient historiography. Will be the premiere book for some time to come in the evolving new area of Macedonian history. --D. McCaffrey,Providence College

It is very good to have anything by Hammond available in an accessible, inexpensive format, especially this work, perhaps the closest thing we shall have to a MacedonianStaatsrecht. --Paul B. Harvey, Jr.,lj