Alexander's Marshals A Study of the Makedonian Aristocracy and the Politics of Military Leadership

This substantially revised and updated second edition of The Marshals of Alexander’s Empire (1992) examines Alexander’s most important officers, who commanded army units and were involved in military and political deliberations. Chapters on these men have been expanded, giving greater attention to personalities, bias in the sources, and the social as well as military setting, including more on familial connections and regional origins in an attempt to create a better understanding of factions. The major confrontations, military and political, are treated in greater detail within the biographies, and a discussion of the organization and command structure of the Makedonian army has been added.

Table of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsMap of Alexander’s EmpireIntroductionChapter 1: The House of AttalosChapter 2: The House of AëroposChapter 3: Antipatros son of IolaosChapter 4: Parmenion and PhilotasChapter 5: Black Kleitos and his Relatives: The House of DropidasChapter 6: Koinos son of PolemokratesChapter 7: Hephaistion son of AmyntosChapter 8: Meleagros son of NeoptolemosChapter 9: Leonnatos son of AnteasChapter 10: Krateros son of AlexandrosChapter 11: Perdikkas son of OrontesChapter 12: The Sons of Andromenes Chapter 13: Polyperchon Chapter 14: The Family of HarpalosChapter 15: Ptolemy son of LagosPart II The Instruments of PowerAlexander and the Macedonian AristocracyThe Organization of the ArmyAppendicesSirrhas (Irrhas) the IllyrianThe so-called conspiracy of Amyntas PerdikkaAsandros son of PhilotasArtakoanaThe Office of Chiliarch and Hephaistion’s ChiliarchyWhite Kleitos and the Naval War in the AegeanNeoptolemos archihypaspistesAntigenes, Commander of the Silver ShieldsThe Sons of Larichos: Erigyios and LaomedonStemmataThe House of AttalosThe Lynkestian Royal HouseThe House of IolaosThe House of ParmenionThe Family of Black KleitosThe Family of Krateros of OrestisThe House of Andromenes and the Family of Perdikkas

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