Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (50 page)

Olympias, 2–4, 5, 8, 17, 37–8, 45–6, 48, 50, 57, 73, 75, 88–91, 93, 98, 102, 113, 129, 151, 184

Olynthus,
B
, 92

Orontes river,
D
, 196

Ouranopolis,
B
, 173

Oxus river,
A
,
E
, 30–1, 33

Pakistan,
see
India

Palestine,
A
,
D
, 6, 66, 67, 70, 108, 110, 111, 121–4

Pamphylia,
A
,
C
, 27

Pan, 210

Paphlagonia,
A
,
C
, 27, 172, 199

Paraetacene, battle of,
E
, 98–9, 100, 101, 102

Paropamisadae,
A
,
E
, 104

Parthenon, 150, 183, 188

Parthia,
A
,
E
, 95, 155–6

Pausanias, 5

Peithon, 16, 21–2, 27, 31–2, 64–7, 95–9, 102–3

Pella,
B
, 46, 74, 91, 190

Peloponnese,
A
,
B
, 82, 89–91, 109, 113, 115–16, 119–20, 124, 130–1, 133, 151, 180, 184, 186, 188

Pelusium,
D
,
I
, 121, 146

Perdiccas, 10, 11, 16–17, 19–29, 31–2, 36–8, 40–50, 57–60, 64–8, 70, 71, 73, 81, 94, 134, 145–6, 172

Pergamum,
C
, 89, 130, 138, 145, 201–2, 207–8, 211

Persephone, 191

Persepolis,
E
,
I
, 6, 97–8, 104–5

Persians, 3, 5–8, 14, 19, 29, 32, 43–4, 48, 63, 66, 98, 156, 165, 192

Persis,
A
,
E
, 27, 95, 98, 155, 165

Petra,
D
,
I
, 123

Peucestas, 16, 27, 95–101, 105

Phila, 41, 67, 70, 135, 175, 177–8, 186–7, 193, 194

Philetaerus, 201, 207–8

Philip II of Macedon, 3, 4–5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20–1, 35, 41, 50, 51, 60, 62, 73, 91, 92, 98, 101, 131, 151, 157, 159, 185, 189, 191, 197–8, 208

Philip III of Macedon, 9, 22–6, 29, 47, 66, 67, 68, 85, 89–91, 191

Philip IV of Macedon, 179

Philippides, 79

Philitas, 54

philosophy, 32–3, 36, 51, 53, 62, 138, 180–2, 191, 211

Phoenicia,
A
,
D
, 5, 11, 65–7, 70, 94–5, 108, 110–12, 117, 121, 124, 142, 154, 161, 174, 176, 189

Phrygia,
A
,
C
, 14, 27, 38, 68, 70, 122, 154, 180, 209

Hellespontine,
C
, 26, 67, 74, 108, 124, 128–9, 152

Piraeus,
B
, 40–1, 75–6, 82–3, 85, 135, 175, 179, 183, 186, 194–5

pirates, piracy, 34, 86, 148, 174

Pisidia,
C
, 27, 44, 45, 49, 58, 69–70, 72

Plato, 180–1, 191

Pleistarchus, 120, 150–1, 153, 173, 177–9

Plutarch, 59–60, 126, 171, 203

Polemaeus, 109, 112, 116–17, 119–20, 128, 131–2, 133, 134, 150

Polybius, 77

Polyperchon, 18, 19, 73–7, 81–5, 88–91, 93–5, 98, 101, 109, 111, 115, 120, 124, 130–4, 151

Pontus,
C
, 172, 211

Poseidon, 83

Posidippus, 54

Potidaea, 92

Poussin, Nicolas, 87

Praxagoras, 132

Prepelaus, 115, 117–18, 150–3

Presley, Elvis, 206

Priene,
C
, 203

propaganda, 2, 7, 10, 31, 45, 51, 74, 76–7, 87, 107, 111, 113–14, 151, 154, 190, 199, 202

Propontis,
C
, 74, 108, 119–20, 153

Ptolemais, 178, 194

Ptolemais (city),
D
,
I
, 161, 168

Ptolemy I of Egypt, 16–17, 21, 27, 41, 44–5, 47–50, 57–60, 64–5, 67–70, 73, 75, 94, 95, 102, 107–10, 112–14, 116–18, 121–4, 126, 128, 131–8, 140–4, 146–7, 149–52, 154–70, 173–4, 176–9, 183, 185–7, 189, 191–4, 200–1, 203, 204, 207

Ptolemy II of Egypt, 54, 87, 194, 199–202, 208–9, 211

Ptolemy IV of Egypt, 84

Ptolemy Ceraunus, 194, 200–1, 206–9

Pydna,
B
, 89–90, 93, 98

Pyrrho, 62

Pyrrhus of Epirus, 151, 184–5, 187–8, 193–5, 199–200, 208–10

Pytheas, 34

religion, 13, 22, 33, 53, 55, 94, 98, 104, 145, 157, 158, 163–4, 190–2, 203–6

Rhodes, Rhodians,
A
,
C
, 30, 33, 69, 109–11, 131, 141, 147–50, 203–4

Colossus of, 83, 149–50

Rhosus,
C
,
D
, 94, 177–8

Rhoxane, 6, 9, 20–4, 29, 91, 113, 129–30

Robertson, Martin, 33

Rome, Romans, ix-xi, 51, 60, 61, 86, 109, 144, 145, 155–6, 176, 187, 190, 196, 200, 202, 211

ruler-cult, 1, 8–9, 77, 135, 149–50, 203–6;

see also
kingship

Sacred Band, the, 4

Salamis,
C
,
D
, 141–2, 148, 187

Samos,
C
, 13, 40, 81, 180, 204

Samothrace,
B
, 191, 208

Sarapis, 192

Sardis,
C
,
I
, 27, 45–7, 58, 70, 132–3, 157, 195, 203, 206, 209

satrapies, eastern, 7, 12, 94–104, 108, 111, 124–8, 140, 144, 155, 169, 195–6

Scepsis,
C
, 203–4

Scythians,
A
,
C
, 119, 198

Sea, Aegean,
B
, 8, 26, 38–9, 69, 85, 94, 109, 124, 131–2, 142, 174, 177, 189, 191, 194, 206, 209

Black,
A
,
C
,
E
,
I
, 26, 39, 109, 116, 153, 172, 192

Mediterranean,
A C
,
D
,
I
, 12, 18, 45, 57, 67, 69, 93, 111–12, 121, 140–2, 147, 173, 176, 177, 192

Seleucia Pieria,
D
, 175, 207

Seleucia-on-the-Euphrates,
E
,
I
, 175

Seleucia-on-the-Tigris,
E
,
I
, 157, 176

Seleucus I of Asia, 17, 23, 25–6, 50, 66–7, 95–7, 104, 105, 107–8, 112–13, 116, 118, 121–8, 132–4, 140, 143, 144–6, 152–70, 173–9, 192, 193, 195–6, 199, 201–3, 206–8

settlements, 11–12, 31–6, 50, 70, 91–2, 160–2, 168, 174–5, 176, 199

Septuagint, 137

Seuthes III of Thrace, 119, 197–8

Seuthopolis,
C
, 197–8

Shield-bearers, 17, 26

ships, 11, 18, 28, 38–9, 40, 48, 58–9, 65, 69, 70, 78, 82–4, 92, 93, 94, 109–11, 112, 115, 117, 118, 119, 135–6, 141–2, 146–8, 153, 166, 174, 175, 176–7, 178, 180, 183, 186, 188, 190, 193–5, 199, 202, 209

Sicily, 11, 204

Sicyon,
B
, 116, 119, 133, 141, 150

Sidon,
D
, 154, 174, 178, 180, 189

sieges, 24, 62, 72, 74, 78, 82, 83, 89, 90, 93, 98, 110–12, 117, 119, 123, 131, 141–2, 147–50, 152, 179, 180, 187, 194, 209

Sinai desert,
D
, 146

Sinope,
C
, 192

Siwah, 48–9

slaves,
I
, 35, 54, 62, 78, 79, 86, 165, 198

Socrates, 191

Sogdiana,
A
,
E
, 30

Sophocles, 33, 87, 138

Spain, 11, 34

Sparta, Spartans,
B
, 37, 52, 115, 151, 186, 210

Stoicism, 180–1

Stratonice, 177, 195, 210

Sunium, Cape,
B
, 135

Susa,
E
,
I
, 6, 21, 28, 33, 68, 75, 95–7, 105, 107, 157

Susiana,
A
,
E
, 67, 97, 126

Syria,
A
,
D
,
E
, 5, 6, 7, 44, 49, 66, 70, 94, 97, 108, 111–12, 121–2, 126, 126–7, 131, 132, 133, 142, 146, 153–4, 157, 168, 173, 175–6, 177, 192, 196, 199, 208, 209, 210

Tarsus,
C
,
D
, 18

Taurus mountains,
C
, 38, 69, 75, 83, 118, 122, 196, 202

taxation, 26, 36, 111, 114, 157–70, 189, 198

Tegea,
B
, 89

Telesphorus, 119–20

Teus,
C
, 111, 114

Thebaid,
D
, 161

Thebes,
B
, 4, 37, 40, 92, 113, 115, 135, 187

Theocritus, 55, 87

Theophrastus, 85

Thermopylae,
B
, 38–9, 90

Thessalonica,
B
, 91–2

Thessalonice, 91–2, 113, 180, 184

Thessaly,
A
,
B
, 2, 38–40, 61, 73, 152–3, 186–8, 193, 195, 197, 200, 210

Thrace,
A
,
B
,
C
, 2–3, 6, 27–8, 30, 40, 58, 83, 119–20, 123, 124, 144, 152, 153, 173, 175, 185, 187, 197–9, 207, 209, 210

Thucydides, 56

Tigris river,
A
,
E
, 6, 97

timber,
I
, 34, 59, 62, 111–12, 135, 141–2, 153, 157

trade,
I
, 31, 32, 34–5, 45, 77, 84, 109–12, 123, 132, 136, 160–1, 166, 169, 173, 176, 186, 189, 198

treasuries, 10, 48, 49, 66–7, 72, 75, 94, 96, 105, 107, 111, 176, 177, 199, 201

trials, show, 64–5, 91, 113, 134, 158, 185

Triparadeisus conference,
D
, 66–70, 74, 89, 95, 102–5

Tyre,
D
,
I
, 65–9, 110–17, 154, 174, 178, 189

utopias, 34, 53, 173, 206

Vergina,
see
Aegae

Virgil, 87

Vitruvius, 86

War, Babylonian, 125–7, 132

Four-Year, 134, 140, 144, 150–1

Lamian, 36–41, 50, 75, 76, 82, 85, 120, 197

Peloponnesian, 56

of Successors, First, 57–60, 64–5, 69–73

Second, 74–6, 81–3, 84, 88–102

Third, 108–11, 112–25

Fourth, 129, 134, 140–54

Fifth, 193–6

Sixth, 202–3

warfare, land, 60–4

sea, 83–4

women, 35, 54–5

Xerxes I of Persia, 30

Zagros mountains,
E
, 93, 100

Zeno, 180

Zeugma,
see
Seleucia-on-the-Euphrates

Zeus, 7–8, 48, 50, 112, 192, 202

Zipoetes of Bithynia, 109, 172, 208–9