"The History of Hellenism" by Droysen is the first and so far the only fundamental work that opened up for the reader that relatively late period of ancient history (from the rise of Macedonia under the kings Philip and Alexander to the intervention of Rome in Greek affairs), about which there was practically little before what they knew and in which they saw only a chaotic accumulation of wars, dynamic strife and political upheavals. Droysen was able to see the more general, world-historical significance of the era of ancient history he was considering. It was he who gave this era a capacious definition of Hellenism, by which, at a first approximation, he understood “the spread of Greek domination and education among the old cultural peoples (of the East).” However, from a broader historical perspective, the content of Hellenism was understood to them as a complex interaction and connection of the Western and Eastern worlds, cultures and religions, in short, as a synthesis of Hellenic, Eastern principles, the result of which was to be the emergence of a new world religion and culture - Christianity. Droysen presented the history of Hellenism primarily in its political form; the overview of Hellenistic time was brought only to 220 BC. e. - before the start of active intervention in the affairs of the Greeks of the Roman Empire; the entire subsequent history of Hellenism (up to the subjugation by the Romans in 30 BC of the last Hellenistic state - Ptolemaic Egypt) remained beyond his attention. But what was done is striking in its scale, and with regard to the political history of early and mature Hellenism, the work of Droysen and the volume and thoroughness of the presented reconstruction still has no equal. CONTENTS: BOOK ONE

Chapter OneThe Death of Alexander. - Military leaders organize the government. - The infantry proclaims Arrhidaeus king. - The fight between cavalry and infantry. - Agreement between them. - Purification, death of Meleager. - Distribution of satrapies

Chapter two, 323-322 Asians at the death of Alexander. - The revolt of the Greeks in upper Asia. - Athens at the death of Alexander. -Preparations of the Athenians for war. - The Greeks joined them. - Armament of Macedonia. - Battle of Heraclea. - Antipater is besieged in Lamia. - Death of Leosthenes. - Appointment of Antiphilos as commander. -Return of Demosthenes. - Approach of Leonnatus. - Death of Leonnatus. - Naval warfare. - Battle of Krannon. - Negotiation. - Surrender of the Athenians surrender. - Death of Demosthenes. - Position of Antipater. - War with the Aetolians

Chapter three, 322-321 Leonnatus and Eumenes. - Campaign of Perdiccas against Cappadocia. - Perdiccas' campaign against the Pisidians. - Neoptolemus and Eumenes. - Nikea. - Cleopatra. - Kinana and Eurydice. - Flight of Antigonus. - Ptolemy. -Armament of Perdiccas. - Antipater's march on the campaign. - War in Asia Minor. - Death of Kratera and Neoptolemus. - War of the Aetolians with Polysperchon. - The power of Ptolemy. - Ptolemy's capture of Cyrene. - Perdiccas' campaign against Egypt. - Death of Perdiccas. - Arrival of Ptolemy in the royal army. - Trial of the followers of Perdiccas. - The intrigues of Eurydice. - Rise of the army. - Proclamation of Antipater as regent

Chapter Four, 321-320 A look back. - Section in Triparadis. - Military actions of the Aetolians against Polysperchon. -Adherents of Perdiccas in Asia Minor. - Return of Antipater through Asia Minor. -Eumenes in winter quarters. - Antipater's crossing to Europe. - Antigonus - strategist in Asia Minor. -Eumenes' retreat. - Eumenes in Nora. - Ptolemy occupies Phenicia. - Antigone's campaign against Alcetus and Attalus. - Antigonus - ruler of Asia Minor. - Greek Affairs, Phocion and Demades. - Death of Demade. - Death of Antipater

BOOK TWO

Chapter One, 319-316 General overview. - The royal house. - Polysperchon becomes regent. - Flight of Cassandra. -Measures taken by Polysperchon. - The flight of Eumenes from Nora. - Eumenes among the Argyraspides. - Attempt on the life of Eumenes. - Position of Antigonus. - Arriday's plans. - Antigonus goes against Arrhidaeus. -Antigonus occupies Lydia. - Cassander at Antigonus. - Polyperchon proclaims the freedom of the Hellenes. -Struggle parties in Athens. - Death of Phocion. - Kassander in Piraeus. - Polysperchon under the walls of Megalopolis. - Naval war between Cleitus and Antigonus. - Cassander occupies Athens. - Death of Nikanor. - Union of Eurydice and Cassander. - Return of the Olympics to Macedonia. - Death of Philip and Eurydice. - Cassander's campaign in Macedonia. - Expulsion of Aeacides from Epirus. -The Olympics are besieged in Pella. - Death of the Olympics. - Cassander becomes ruler of Macedonia

Chapter two, 318-312. The position of the eastern satrapies. - Python opposes the satraps. - Eumenes in Phenicia. - Eumenes' campaign to the east. - Union of Eumenes with the satraps. - Antigonus's march to the east. - Antigonus is defeated at Copratus. - Antigonus's expedition to Media. - Allies in Persia. - Battle of Gabiene. -Allies in winter quarters. - Winter hike. - Conspiracy against Eumenes. - Battle of Gadamarg. -Extradition of Eumenes. - Death of Eumenes. - The character of Eumenes. - The fall of Python and his death. - Rebels of Python. - Distribution of satrapies by Antigonus. - Antigonus in Susa. - Flight of Seleucus. -The character of Antigonus. - A look back

BOOK THREE

Chapter one, 316-311. Alliance against Antigonus. - Negotiation. - Antigonus's armament, his naval forces. - The beginning of the war in Asia Minor. - The first movements of the allies. - Alexander's fall from Antigonus. - The end of the first year of the war. - Second year of the war, 314. - Antigonus conquers Tire. - Third year of the war, 313.- Lysimachus against Callatis. - Surrender of Asandra. - War in Greece. - War for Euboea. -Revolt of Cyrene and Cyprus. - Fourth year of the war, 312. - War for Epirus. - War in the Peloponnese. -War in Syria. - Battle of Gaza. - Retreat of Demetrius. - Ptolemy occupies Syria. - Return of Seleucus to Babylon. Victory over Nikanor. - Victory of Demetrius at Miunte. - Ptolemy's retreat from Syria. - Campaign against the Nabateans. - Demetrius' campaign against Babylon. - World of 311. - Review

Chapter two, 311-308. Imprisonment of the young Tsar Alexander by order of Cassander. - His death. -The supposed war between Antigonus and Seleucus. - Ptolemy as the liberator of the Greeks. -The fall of the strategist Ptolemy. - Relocation of autocrats. - Hercules as a contender for the throne. -Ptolemy's revenge on Nikocles of Cyprus. - Ptolemy on the shores of Asia Minor. - Killing of Hercules. -Death of the strategist Ptolemy. - Founding of Lysimachia. - Ptolemy in Greece. - Agathocles of Syracuse. -Ophel in Cyrene. - Death of Ophel near Carthage. - Conquest of Cyrene by the Magician. - Death of Cleopatra

Chapter three, 308-306 State of Greece. - Aetolian, Boeotian and Arcadian alliances. - Peloponnese. - Athens under the rule of Demetrius of Phalerum. - Antigonus's plan to liberate Greece. - Character of Demetrius. - His expedition to Greece. - His landing. - Siege of Megara and Munychia. - Restoring freedom in Athens. - Demetrius in Athens. - The gap between Antigonus and Ptolemy. - Beginning of the Cyprus War. -Siege of Salamis. - Sea battle. - Victory of Demetrius. - Antigonus is king.

Chapter four, 306-302. Year of the kings. - Position of Antigonus. - Preparations for the campaign against Egypt. - March of the army and navy. - Attempts to land. - Retreat of Antigonus. - State of the Rhodians. - Discord between Antigonos and the Rhodians. - Armaments of Rhodes. - Demetrius' landing. - Siege of Rhodes. - Peace with the Rhodians. -Pyrrhus - king in Epirus. - Restored Athenian democracy. - Sophocles' Law. - Kasander's attack on Athens. - Landing of Demetrius at Aulis. - His winter stay in Athens. - His campaign in the Peloponnese and Kerkyra. - Demetrius in Athens

Chapter five, 302-301. Preparations of Demetrius for the campaign against Cassander. - Coalition against Antigonus. -Combat forces of Seleucus. - Allied plan. - Lysimachus in Asia Minor. - Antigonus in Asia Minor. - The beginning of hostile actions. - Winter apartments. - Ptolemy in Phenicia. - Demetrius against Macedonia. - His campaign in Asia Minor. - Seleucus in Asia Minor. - Expulsion of Pyrrhus. - Pleistarchus's campaign in Asia Minor. - Battle of Ipsus. - Flight of Demetrius. - Fall of Athens. - Division of the kingdom. - Native sovereigns in Asia Minor. - A Look Back

BOOK FOUR

Chapter One, 301-288 Demetrius in Greece. - Ptolemy and Lysimachus. - Seleucus and Demetrius. - Congress in Ross. - Agathocles and Cassander against Kerkyra. - The gap between Demetrius and Seleucus. - Intrigues of Cassandra in Greece. - Demetrius against Athens. - Tyrant Lahar. - Demetrius conquers Athens. - Demetrius against Sparta. - Pyrrhus is the king of Epirus. - Alexander and Antipater. - Death of Alexander. - Demetrius is the king of Macedonia. - Demetrius against Thebes and Athens. - Lysimachus against the Getae. - Taking him prisoner. -Demetrius against Thrace and Thebes. - Pythia in Athens. - Union of Demetrius with Agathocles. - His campaign against Pyrrhus. - His love for luxury. - Invasion of Pyrrhus into Macedonia. - His union with Demetrius. -Demetrius’s preparation for war against Asia

Chapter two, 288-278 Kingdom of Egypt. - Kingdom of Seleucus. - Thracian kingdom. - Coalition against Demetrius. - Beginning of the war. - Expulsion of Demetrius from Macedonia. - Division of Macedonia. - Demetrius in Greece. - Peace between Demetrius and Pyrrhus. - Demetrius's campaign in Asia. - Agathocles against Demetrius. - Negotiations between Demetrius and Seleucus. - Demetrius's last venture. - Captivity of Demetrius. - Expulsion of Pyrrhus by Lysimachus. - Death of Demetrius. - Heirs to the throne in Syria and Egypt. - The character of Lysimachus. -Campaign of Lysimachus against Heraclea. - Murder of Agathocles. - War between Seleucus and Lysimachus. -Plan of Seleucus. - Murder of Seleucus. - Ptolemy Keraunus - king of Macedonia. - Areus against the Aetolians. -Position of Antigonus. - Murder of the sons of Arsinoe. - Celts on the Danube. - Invasion of Brenn. - Antigonus is the king of Macedonia. - Conclusion

NOTESBook OneBook TwoBook ThreeBook FourAPPENDICESI. Honorary decree of the Nasiotes in honor of Thersippus II. Year Archon Nikias