A Companion to the Hellenistic World (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World)
Contributors: Sheila L. Ager (Contributor); Susan E. Alcock (Contributor); Michel Austin (Contributor); Andrew Erskine (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9781405132787
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; History; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; GREECE_HISTORY_TO 146 B.C.; HELLENISM; History / Ancient / Greece; MEDITERRANEAN REGION_HISTORY; Ancient - General; Reference
First sentence: After his victory at Actium in 31 BC Augustus pursued his defeated rivals, Antony and Kleopatra, to Alexandria in Egypt.