Alexander's Marshals

Waldemar Heckel is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at theUniversity of Calgary (Canada), where he was previously Professor of Classics.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Map of Alexander’s Empire

Introduction

Chapter 1: The House of Attalos

Chapter 2: The House of Aëropos

Chapter 3: Antipatros son of Iolaos

Chapter 4: Parmenion and Philotas

Chapter 5: Black Kleitos and his Relatives: The House of Dropidas

Chapter 6: Koinos son of Polemokrates

Chapter 7: Hephaistion son of Amyntos

Chapter 8: Meleagros son of Neoptolemos

Chapter 9: Leonnatos son of Anteas

Chapter 10: Krateros son of Alexandros

Chapter 11: Perdikkas son of Orontes

Chapter 12: The Sons of Andromenes

Chapter 13: Polyperchon

Chapter 14: The Family of Harpalos

Chapter 15: Ptolemy son of Lagos

Part II

The Instruments of Power






Alexander and the Macedonian Aristocracy



The Organization of the Army

Appendices






Sirrhas (Irrhas) the Illyrian



The so-called conspiracy of Amyntas Perdikka



Asandros son of Philotas



Artakoana



The Office of Chiliarch and Hephaistion’s Chiliarchy



White Kleitos and the Naval War in the Aegean



Neoptolemos archihypaspistes



Antigenes, Commander of the Silver Shields



The Sons of Larichos: Erigyios and Laomedon

Stemmata






The House of Attalos



The Lynkestian Royal House



The House of Iolaos



The House of Parmenion



The Family of Black Kleitos



The Family of Krateros of Orestis



The House of Andromenes and the Family of Perdikkas



The Family of Harpalos



The House of Ptolemy



The Argead Royal House



The Last of the Achaimenids



The Family of Pharnabazos

Bibliography

Partial Index