Hi everyone I’m Elena and thanks to be here on Alessandro III di Macedonia- Alexander the Great and Hellenism! now I’m telling you about an essay by a great scholar that will surely be of interest to many of you:

Ptolemy I Soter. Themes and Issues

by Edward M. Anson

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Available on: July 13, 2023

Ptolemy I, whose epithet was Savior, was in many respects the most successful of all of Alexander the Great’s successors. He created the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms that rose in the aftermath of the great conqueror’s death, ending with the death of Cleopatra VII and Egypt’s incorporation into the Roman Empire. This book is not a standard biography, but rather an examination of the major issues surrounding Ptolemy’s reign, the major controversies and questions surrounding his career and legacy. What were his ultimate ambitions? How did he administer his kingdom? What was his role in the demise of the unified empire created by Alexander?

Ptolemy’s administration of this foreign land, although privileging colonists from Greece and Macedonia over native Egyptians, maintained a level of political stability in a land with a long history of resisting foreign rule. Each of the key themes discussed in the chapters follows a chronological order so that readers unfamiliar with the life of Ptolemy can follow the narrative. Each chapter includes a discussion of the major academic positions on each issue and an evaluation of the primary historical and archaeological evidence. Ptolemy I Soter: Themes and Issues brings new clarity to the history of one of the chief architects of the Hellenistic Age.

Edward M. Anson is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He is the author or editor of five books, including Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek among Macedonians (2004), Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013) and Philip II, the Father of Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020).

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
A Chronology

Introduction

1. Ptolemy: An Introduction
2. An Early Life Imagined
3. The Man with a Plan
4. The Destruction of an Empire
5. The General
6. Lord of Egypt
7. Ptolemy and Religion
8. The Royal Historian
9. Ptolemy: A Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editions:

After talking about Alexander the Great (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013) and Philip II, the Father of Alexander the Great (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) Anson now focuses on Ptolemy I and it’s very goodhow this academic is slowly dedicating himself to all the people connected to Alexander the Great in this Themes and Issue serie and I hope that the author will continue this sort of biographies of his because if he will publish other ones too, something extremely interesting and useful for enthusiasts would come out such as we! Anson published a book about Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek among Macedonians (Brill, 2004). What I really like is also that Bloomsbury immediately offers a Paperback edition at a much cheaper price and I’ve already pre-ordered the book! I think this book will interest many of you!

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