The classical scholar J‎.‎ P‎.‎ Mahaffy ‎(‎1839‎-1919‎)‎ is known equally for his work on Greek texts and Egyptian papyri ‎(‎his edition of The Flinders Petrie Papyri is reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection‎)‎‎.‎ He graduated from Trinity College‎,‎ Dublin‎,‎ and spent the rest of his working life there‎,‎ ultimately as provost from 1914 until his death‎.‎ In this illustrated 1887 work‎,‎ Mahaffy describes Alexander‎'‎s extraordinary conquest of territories in Europe‎,‎ Africa and Asia‎,‎ the collapse of his empire after his death‎,‎ and the later subjugation of the successor kingdoms to the power of Rome‎.‎ With his American collaborator Arthur Gilman ‎(‎1837‎-1909‎)‎‎,‎ Mahaffy discusses Alexander‎'‎s place in history before giving a close account of his career and death‎.‎ The successor dynasties‎,‎ and dominant rulers such as Demetrius II and Pyrrhus‎,‎ their feuds and their attempted resistance to the rise of Rome‎,‎ are depicted in an engaging and dramatic narrative‎.‎