Contested pasts : a determinist history of Alexander the Great in the Roman Empire /

Taking as a key turning point the self-fashioning of the first Roman emperor Augustus, author Jennifer Finn revisits the idea of "universal history" in Polybius, Justin, and Diodorus, combined with the Stoic philosophy of determinism present in authors like Plutarch and Arrian. Finn endeav...

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Main Author:	Finn, Jennifer (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Influence. Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > In literature. History, Ancient > Historiography. Determinism (Philosophy) Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. Rome > History. Electronic books.
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Contested pasts : a determinist history of Alexander the Great in the Roman empire /

by Finn, Jennifer
Published 2022

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