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Peltonen’s Masculine Ideas and Alexander the Great takes a fresh look at the ways in which multiple historical figures and cultures have defined masculinity through their reception of the famous Macedonian Conqueror. Arguably such receptions have been instrumental to Western conceptualisations of masculinity, as it has been constructed and understood, with repercussions still substantially affecting our societies today. The emphasis in this work is upon ancient, late antique and medieval constructions of masculinity in relation to Alexander and the book will likely be of especial interest to students and specialists of those eras in particular. It should likewise interest any who study Alexander the Great in any capacity. The scholarship is thorough and detailed; the arguments are well-founded. I am therefore very pleased to endorse this book wholeheartedly and I likewise strongly encourage colleagues and others to consider reading it and using it in their classes or for their own research. K.R. Moore, Teesside University

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Jaakkojuhani Peltonen is a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University. A significant part of the research work for the present book was done while a visiting researcher at King’s College, London (2018–2020). His expertise includes the use of history, Alexander the Great, ideas of masculinity and the ideology of war in ancient Rome. His previous book in English, Alexander the Great in the Roman Empire. 150 BC to AD 600, was published by Routledge in 2019. He is an author and editor of several publications on Alexander the Great, the legitimisation of war and the use of history from a long-term perspective.

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