Hellenistic courts were centres of monarchic power, social prestige and high culture in the kingdoms that emerged after the death of Alexander. They were places of refinement, learning and luxury, and also of corruption, rivalry and murder. Surrounded by courtiers of varying loy…
« La période hellénistique commence avec l'expansion considérable du monde grec lors de la conquête de l'Empire perse par Alexandre le Grand : ses frontières s'étendent désormais jusqu'à l'Egypte et aux contreforts de l'Himalaya, et elle s'achève lorsque Rome s'empare de l'Orien…
Une centaine de cartes et infographies pour retracer, du IVe au Ier siècle avant J.-C., l'histoire de la période hellénistique, creuset politique et culturel du monde moderne. De la Méditerranée occidentale aux confins de l'Afghanistan, les dynamiques démographiques, politiques …
The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literar…
The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literar…
The Hellenistic Age, the three extraordinary centuries from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. to Octavian's final defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, has offered a rich and variegated field of exploration for historians, philosophers, economists, and literar…