Great Power Diplomacy in the Hellenistic World

Great Power Diplomacy in the Hellenistic World

John D Grainger

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2019
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Estudios de comunicación
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9780367881900
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This study of diplomacy in the Hellenistic period, a subject long neglected, describes the major institutions, particularly in the practices of concluding peace at the end of the many wars of that time. These practices are traced to their origin among the personal relationships between the warriors who succeeded Alexander the Great and who carve

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