Biography of rulers
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This first focused analysis of veterans’ experiences in ancient Greece offers a fresh, “bottom-up” perspective on important military and political aspects of early Hellenistic history.
Runner-up, PROSE Award, Classics and Ancient History,
From antiquity until now, most writers who have chronicled the events following the death of Alexander the Great have viewed this history through the careers, ambitions, and perspectives of Alexander’s elite successors. Few historians have probed the experiences and attitudes of the ordinary soldiers who followed Alexander on his campaigns and who were divided among his successors as they fought for control of his empire after his death. Yet the veterans played an important role in helping to shape the character and contours of the Hellenistic world.
This pathfinding book offers the first in-depth investigation of the Macedonian veterans’ experience during a crucial turning point in Greek history (– BCE). Joseph Roisman discusses the militar
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The list that follows is meant as a complement to the Timeline of Art History, not as a comprehensive historical reference. It presents a simplified picture of dynastic succession in a small number of large European principalities. The names of numerous princes who ruled smaller states are not to be found here, nor are the names of many pretenders, regents, and fully legitimate monarchs whose reigns were short or ambitions otherwise stifled. The abridged list includes above all those kings and queens whose rule affected the arts of Europe in important ways and whose names are most commonly raised in art historical discussion.
Holy Roman Empire(see below for a list of emperors)
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Wettin Electors of Saxony
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Wittelsbach Electors of Bavaria
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Hohenzollern Electors of Brandenburg
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Zygmunt III Wasa (Sigismund III Vasa)
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Vladislav IV Wasa (Wladyslaw IV Vasa)
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Jan II Kasimierz Wasa (John II Casimir Vasa
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2), by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir, ed. by Henry Beveridge, trans. by Alexander Rogers (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2), by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir, ed. by Henry Beveridge, trans. by Alexander Rogers (Gutenberg ebook)
- Rulers of India: Akbar, by G. B. Malleson (Gutenberg ebook)
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