Seleukos Nikator (Routledge Revivals)

<p>Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC one of his commanders Seleukos Nikator rose over a period of forty years from being a landless refugee to the most successful of the Successor kings. In this biography such a strangely neglected figure in ancient history emerges as a modestly proficient general an excellent strategist a consummate diplomat and an inventive and constructive ruler the diversity of his empire demanding intelligence of a high order to hold it together. <i>Seleukos Nikator </i>will be of interest to students of ancient history and the politics of the Hellenistic world.</p>