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The first European : a history of Alexander in the age of empire /

In The First European: A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire, Pierre Briant examines the revival and rewriting of the history of Alexander the Great in 18th-century Europe. To Enlightenment thinkers Alexander exemplified the West and Europe, especially in his role as the conqueror of Asia. Cla...

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Main Author: Briant, Pierre (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.)
Hellenism > Influence.
Hellenism > Historiography.
History, Ancient > Historiography.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. > Historiography.
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Europe.
Greece.
359 B.C.-1799 A.D.
History.

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