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What was the nature of the Macedonian monarchy (constitutional or absolute), and how did the "inner" and "outer" court work? Where was the locus of power? How did Philip, then Alexander change the court with their conquests?
Texts mentioned:
"Macedonia," Carol J. King, CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Daniel Ogden, ed. Cambridge, 2024.
Not mentioned, but important:
THE COURTS OF PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT: MONARCHY AND POWER IN ANCIENT MACEDONIA, Frances Pownall, Sulochana R. Asirvatham, Sabine Müller, eds. Berlin, 2022.
What was the nature of the Macedonian monarchy (constitutional or absolute), and how did the "inner" and "outer" court work? Where was the locus of power? How did Philip, then Alexander change the court with their conquests?
Texts mentioned:
"Macedonia," Carol J. King, CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Daniel Ogden, ed. Cambridge, 2024.
Not mentioned, but important:
THE COURTS OF PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT: MONARCHY AND POWER IN ANCIENT MACEDONIA, Frances Pownall, Sulochana R. Asirvatham, Sabine Müller, eds. Berlin, 2022.
