The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest
Subtitle: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 30, 1981
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9780521228299
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Sources; 281-146 B.C.; Greece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.--Sources; History / Ancient / General; Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.; Ancient World History; 281-146 B.C; Greece; History; Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B; Mediterranean Region; To 476
First sentence: The following text is part of a chronological list of notable events, political and cultural, from the first (mythical) kings of Athens to the 264/3, drawn up by an unknown writer and inscribed on stone in the island of Paros, then under Ptolemaic control (hence the name 'Parian Marble' or 'Chronicle'; cf. 218).