Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p Helen Lund sets Lysimachus' actions against the backcloth of the early Hellenistic world, marked by extreme political instability and constant warfare, but also by great developments in city building, portraiture and numismatics. His practice in warfare, kingship and government is compared and contrasted with that of his contemporaries, his predecessors and his successors in order to set his achievement in the context of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia Minor. The evidence for Lysimachus' rule is set in its literary, political and social contexts. Covering Lysimachus' rise from governor of the obscure satrapy of Thrace to ruler of a vast Hellespontcentred kingdom, this book analyses his skills as warrior and diplomat and examines the factors which motivated him at each stage of his career.. }
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- catalog description "Helen Lund sets Lysimachus' actions against the backcloth of the early Hellenistic world, marked by extreme political instability and constant warfare, but also by great developments in city building, portraiture and numismatics. His practice in warfare, kingship and government is compared and contrasted with that of his contemporaries, his predecessors and his successors in order to set his achievement in the context of a continuum of imperial rule in Asia Minor. The evidence for Lysimachus' rule is set in its literary, political and social contexts. Covering Lysimachus' rise from governor of the obscure satrapy of Thrace to ruler of a vast Hellespontcentred kingdom, this book analyses his skills as warrior and diplomat and examines the factors which motivated him at each stage of his career.".