Rise of the Macedonian Empire: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Rise of the Macedonian Empire, credited to Arthur M. Curteis, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Rise of the Macedonian Empire by Arthur M. Curteis. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Through diplomacy and conquest the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II (382-336 BC) came to dominate ancient Greece. To the classical Greek phalanx, Philip added ranks of soldiers wielding a 6-meter spear called the sarissa, creating an infantry invincible until the advent of the Roman legions. Following his father's assassination, Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) succeeded to the throne and spent the rest of his short life establishing an empire stretching from Greece to northwestern India. The Hellenistic culture disseminated by Alexander long outlived his empire, developing through the Roman world into modern western civilization. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Rise of the Macedonian Empire
• Author credits: Arthur M. Curteis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 7:37:43

Catalogue topics

• alexander the great
• philip of macedon
• macedonia
• battle of gaugamela
• battle of chaironeia
• parthia

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Ch. 1: Geography and Inhabitants of Macedon — 19:11
2. 02 - Ch. 2: Kings of Macedon to the Death of Amyntas II, Father of Philip (700-369) — 26:26
3. 03 - Ch. 3: Macedon and Hellas at Philip's Accession — 26:18
4. 04 - Ch. 4: From the Accession of Philip to his Intervention in the Sacred War — 26:39
5. 05 - Ch. 5: From Philip's Intervention in Thessaly to the Fall of Olynthos — 22:30
6. 06 - Ch. 6: The Peace of Philokrates. Falsa Legatio. Thermopylai in Philip's Hands — 24:55
7. 07 - Ch. 7: From the Peace of Philokrates to the Battle of Chaironeia (346-338) — 26:03
8. 08 - Ch. 8: From the Battle of Chaironeia to the Beginning of Alexander's Asiatic Campaigns, Pt. 1 — 12:52
9. 09 - Ch. 8: From the Battle of Chaironeia to the Beginning of Alexander's Asiatic Campaigns, Pt. 2 — 17:50
10. 10 - Ch. 9: Alexander in Asia Minor — 26:38
11. 11 - Ch. 10: From the Siege of Halikarnassos to the Battle of Issos, Pt. 1 — 11:57
12. 12 - Ch. 10: From the Siege of Halicarnassus to the Battle of Issos, Pt. 2 — 16:10
13. 13 - Ch. 11: From the Battle of Issos to the Battle of Gaugamela, Pt. 1 — 15:39
14. 14 - Ch. 11: From the Battle of Issos to the Battle of Gaugamela, Pt. 2 — 12:53
15. 15 - Ch. 12: From the Battle of Gaugamela to the Sack of Persepolis, Pt. 1 — 14:39
16. 16 - Ch. 12: From the Battle of Gaugamela to the Sack of Persepolis, Pt. 2 — 11:27
17. 17 - Ch. 13: The Death of Darius--Reductiion of Parthia--Execution of Philotas and Parmenion, Pt. 1 — 14:20
18. 18 - Ch. 13: The Death of Darius--Reductiion of Parthia--Execution of Philotas and Parmenion, Pt. 2 — 14:20
19. 19 - Ch. 14: The Campaigns in Baktria and Sogdiana, Pt. 1 — 19:18
20. 20 - Ch. 14: The Campaigns in Baktria and Sogdiana, Pt. 2 — 14:16
21. 21 - Ch. 15: From the Oxus to the Hyphasis, Pt. 1 — 18:51
22. 22 - Ch. 15: From the Oxus to the Hyphasis, Pt. 2 — 12:35
23. 23 - Ch. 16: The Return from Hyphasis to Susa, Pt. 1 — 17:02
24. 24 - Ch. 16: The Return from Hyphasis to Susa, Pt. 2 — 13:35

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