Jeff Champion
Auteur van Pyrrhus of Epirus
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Jeff Champion studied Classics and Ancient History at the University of Western Australia, achieving a First Class degree. During his subsequent career with the Australian Customs Service his interest in the ancient world never waned. He has travelled extensively in the Mediterranean, visiting toon meer Classical sites with his long-suffering wife. He is the author of Pyrrhus of Epirus (2009) and the two-volume The Tyrants of Syracuse (2010 and 2012), which were all published by Pen St Sword Books and received much praise. He lives in his native Western Australia. toon minder
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Champion does a good job with the sparse material; he has a whole appendix detailing what the sources are, how complete they are, and where they disagree. Heavily footnoted and a long bibliography. There are general maps of the areas of Antigonus’ campaigns and schematic maps of his major battles – as near as can be interpreted from written descriptions in the ancient sources.… (meer)