• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• Timeline


• Quotations from Ancient Works and Special Abbreviations


• Maps


• 1. The Architect and the Master Builder


• 2. Greece and Macedonia


• 3. Philip II and the Rise of Macedonia


• 4. The New Player in Greek Politics


• 5. The Gathering War Clouds


• 6. The Downfall of Greece


• 7. Philip's Assassination and Legacy


• 8. Alexander's Early Kingship - and Persia


• 9. From Europe to Asia


• 10. Alexander: Master Strategist and Emerging God


• 11. The Decline and Fall of the Persian Empire


• 12. The War in Afghanistan


• 13. Passage to India


• 14. Retreat from India


• 15. Alexander's Final Years


• 16. Death in Babylon and Alexander's Legacy


• Appendix: The Sources of Information


• Bibliography


• Index

Ian Worthington is Curators' Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri. He is the author of numerous books about ancient Greece, including, most recently, Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece.

A unique military and cultural history that chronicles the reigns of Philip and Alexander the Great in one sweeping narrative.