Demetrius: Sacker of Cities

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A portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again THE WORLD OF ALEXANDER’ S SUCCESSORS ANCIENT LIVES Contents CHAPTER ONE. His Father’s Son CHAPTER TWO. The Apprenticeship of a General CHAPTER THREE. The Duel with Ptolemy (I) CHAPTER FOUR. Petra and Babylon CHAPTER FIVE. Athens and Megara CHAPTER SIX. The Duel with Ptolemy (II) CHAPTER SEVEN. The Duel with Ptolemy (III) CHAPTER EIGHT. Assault on Rhodes (I) CHAPTER NINE. Assault on Rhodes (II) CHAPTER TEN. Demetrius the Descender CHAPTER ELEVEN. The War of the Five Armies CHAPTER TWELVE. Lord of the Isles CHAPTER THIRTEEN. In Search of a Kingdom CHAPTER FOURTEEN. “Then Don’t Be a King” CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Unraveling CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A King in Plain Clothes CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Great Anabasis CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Twists of the Knife CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Final Crossing Epilogue Chronology Genealogy Source Notes Bibliography Index