The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire

by Pierre Briant

The exploits of Alexander the Great were so remarkable that for centuries after his death the Macedonian ruler seemed a figure more of legend than of history. Thinkers of the European Enlightenment, searching for ancient models to understand contemporary affairs, were the first to critically interpret Alexander's achievements. As Pierre Briant shows, in the minds of eighteenth-century intellectuals and philosophes, Alexander was the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067465966X
• ISBN13: 9780674659667
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"