Autumn term 2011

Week 1

• Tuesday: no lecture
• Thursday: introduction

Week 2

• Tuesday: the Macedonian background
• Thursday: the Macedonian background

Week 3

• Tuesday: Philip II
• Thursday: Philip II and Alexander

Week 4

• Tuesday: Macedon and Greece
• Thursday: literary sources

Week 5

• Tuesday: literary sources
• Thursday: seminar: documentary sources

Week 6: reading week

Week 7

• Tuesday: Alexander's early years on the throne
• Thursday: the expedition

Week 8

• Tuesday: the expedition
• Thursday: the expedition

Week 9

• Tuesday: the expedition
• Thursday: the expedition

Week 10

• Tuesday: no lecture: return of essays
• Thursday: seminar: Siwah

Seminars: In weeks 5 and 10 the session will consist of seminars: please sign up outside room 232.

Spring term 2012

Week 1

• Tuesday: Alexander and the cities of Asia Minor
• Thursday: the Persian Empire

Week 2

• Tuesday: Alexander, Persians and Orientals
• Thursday: Persianisation

Week 3

• Tuesday: Alexander and his army
• Thursday: Alexander and his army

Week 4

• Tuesday: conspiracies, murders, and propaganda
• Thursday: men and women

Week 5

• Tuesday: Alexander's image
• Thursday: seminar: the Philotas affair

Week 6: reading week

Week 7

• Tuesday: return of essays
• Thursday: Alexander's religion and divinity

Week 8

• Tuesday: Alexander's religion and divinity
• Thursday: Alexander's death and last plans

Week 9

• Tuesday: the consequences of Alexander's death
• Thursday: Alexander's succession

Week 10

• Tuesday: Alexander's succession
• Thursday: seminar: the successors of Alexander

Summer term 2012

Week 1: Alexander's reception

Week 2: Alexander's reception

Weeks 3 and 4: revision