Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power by Alexander’s Successors

John Holton (Autor)

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224 Seiten

2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-39911-2 (ISBN)

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In the wake of Alexander the Great's death, his ambitious Successors sought to solidify their positions as kings and establish a framework of new royal traditions. John Holton delves into the interconnected strategies employed by Antigonus, Demetrius, Ptolemy, Seleucus, Lysimachus and Cassander, as well as their heirs, as they consolidated their royal power between 323 and 276 BC. Through a wide-ranging examination of royal ideology and its formative impact, a set of studies explores the significance of discursive power in the new kings’ toolkits, the wide spectrum of god–king relations that were developed to project royal status, the innovative development of father–son joint kingship as a successional mechanism, and the symbolic means for supporting the translation of power to a second generation of kings.

Set against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving political landscape in the early Hellenistic world, this volume offers invaluable insights into the transition from Alexander’s single empire to a multipolar world of competing royal dynasties. This period was in turn foundational for the longer-term institution of Hellenistic kingship, which played a pivotal role in in the history of ancient Greece and the near east. By bringing the Successors into a single discussion, with a comparative perspective and detailed studies of diverse evidence, Holton provides a fuller picture of the origins of Hellenistic royal practice.

John Holton is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Newcastle University, UK. He is also the author of Alexander’s Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship, published alongside this book (Bloomsbury, 2025).

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Chronology

1. New Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power
2. Gods and Mortals: Structures of Divine Kingship
3. Institutional Symmetry: Joint Kingship and Indivisible basileia
4. Royal Death and Ideological Legacy
Conclusions

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.6.2025
Zusatzinfo	23 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-350-39911-6 / 1350399116
ISBN-13	978-1-350-39911-2 / 9781350399112
Zustand	Neuware