It’s here! Today is the publication date of Tristan’s first book, Alexander’s Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years. Focussing in on 323 – 320 BC, the book tells the story of the tumultuous events that seized Alexander the Great’s empire immediately after this titanic figure breathed his last in June 323 BC. Today, we’re giving you a taster of what you can expect.

Sit back and relax as Tristan reads out an abridged chapter from the book (including a swift introduction). He tells the story of a Spartan mercenary captain called Thibron, who set forth from Crete with c.6,000 battle hardened mercenaries intend on forging his own Greco-Libyan empire in North Africa. Filled with several twists and turns the story is a symbol for the many fascinating events, and the larger than life cast, that dominate the immediate aftermath of Alexander’s death.

Order Tristan’s book today: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perdiccas-Years-323-Alexanders-Successors/dp/1526775115/ref=zg_bsnr_271237_68/260-7675295-7826601?pd_rd_i=1526775115&psc=1

All dates are BC, unless otherwise stated.

Map of Cyrenaica

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Further reading

Primary Sources

Arrian, Events After Alexander 9.16–9.19.

Diodorus Siculus 18.19.1–18.21.8.

Parian Marble B(10) and B(11).

Secondary Sources

Austin, M. (2006), The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation, New York, 69–70.

Bosworth, A. B. (1988), Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the Great, Cambridge, 191–2.

Newell, E.T. (1938), Miscellanea Numismatica: Cyrene to India, New York, 3–11.

Stucchi, S., Robinson, E. G. D., and Descoeudres, J. (1989), ‘Problems Concerning the Coming of the Greeks to Cyrenaica and the Relations with their Neighbours,’ Mediterranean Archaeology 2, 73–84. Worthington, I. (2016), Ptolemy I:...

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