Books written by Richard A. Billows
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Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great
A Companion to the Hellenistic World, Wiley-Blackwell 2003, 196–215 Borza, E. N., “The Natural Resources of Early Macedonia,” in Adams & Borza (1982), 1–20 Borza, E. N., “The Symposium at Alexander's Court,” Archaia Makedonia 3 (1983), ...
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Antigonos the One-eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
king and his friends, in which the king took the lead and made the decisions, but would find it hard to decide against a consensus of his nobles.16 In particular, actions against the lives of leading members of the hetairos class could ...
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Kings and Colonists: Aspects of Macedonian Imperialism
This book on Macedonian imperialism in the 4th-2nd centuries BCE looks at the nature and origin of that imperialism, and for the first time examines closely the personnel of imperial control to see what the empire meant to them.
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Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
In a corrective to the standard explanations of his aims, Billows shows that Antigonos was scarcely influenced by Alexander, seeking to rule West Asia and the Aegean, rather than the whole of Alexander's Empire.
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Marathon: How One Battle Changed Western Civilization
The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. is not only understood as the most decisive event in the struggle between the Greeks and the Persians, but can also be seen as perhaps the most significant moment in our collective history. 10,000 Athenian ...
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Marathon
In this comprehensive and engrossing treatment, published to coincide with the 2,500th anniversary of the historic Battle of Marathon, Billows captures the drama of the day and the ramifications it has had throughout Western history.
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Julius Caesar: The Colossus of Rome
An account of Caesar's life and times explores the political, social, and economic problems of Rome and looks at the role played by Caesar in the decline and fall of the Roman Republican governing system.
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Julius Caesar: The Colossus of Rome
Richard Billows' dynamic and fastpaced narrative offers an imaginative recounting of actions and events, providing the ideal introduction to Julius Caesar for general readers and students of classics and ancient history.
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Project and Program Management: Managing complex projects with PC software
The real life projects in the book come from his experience as a consulting partner in a national accounting firm & as a regional manager with a Fortune 200 Company.
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Maratona. Il giorno in cui Atene sconfisse l’Impero
Confutando i luoghi comuni, concentrandosi sulla strategia militare e sulla tecnologia delle armi, Richard A. Billows ripercorre gli avvenimenti storici portandoci sul campo di battaglia, mostrandoci il furore dei combattenti greci mentre ...
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Maraton: Bir Savaş Batı Medeniyetini Nasıl Değiştirdi?
M.Ö. 490 yılındaki Maraton Savaşı, Yunanlılarla Persliler arasındaki en belirleyici olay olarak görülmemeli ama aynı zamanda bu savaş, müşterek tarihimizin en kayda değer anı olarak görülmelidir. 10.000 Atinalı yurttaş 25 ...
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Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
"With meticulous and wide-ranging scholarship, Professor Billows gives this vigorous, huge, and hugely ambitious figure his just deserts.
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Marathon: how one battle changed Western civilisation
Marathon is an engrossing treatment of this pivotal battle 2500 years ago and the ramifications it has had throughout Western history.
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Maratona. Il giorno in cui Atene sconfisse l'Impero
Maratona. Il giorno in cui Atene sconfisse l'Impero
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The Spear, the Scroll, and the Pebble: How the Greek City-State Developed as a Male Warrior-Citizen Collective
This book presents a powerful new argument for how and why the Greek city-states, including their distinctive society and culture, came to be - and why they had the highly unusual and influential form they took.
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Julius Caesar: The Colossus of Rome
... Caesar's regime. Most famously, he wrote poems detailing his passionate and agonizing love affair with the beautiful and 'wanton' Lesbia. Lesbia was of course a code name: she was a married woman, and Catullus could not reveal her ...