The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese

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Examines developments in the heartland of Greece after the reign of Alexander the Great, and rejects the usual pessimistic picture.

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Genre : History
Author : D. Graham J. Shipley
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Release : 2018-06-14
File : 389 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780521873697


Late Classical And Early Hellenistic Corinth

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Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth, 338-196 B.C. challenges the perception that the Macedonians' advent and continued presence in Corinth amounted to a loss of significance and autonomy. Immediately after Chaironeia, Philip II and his son Alexander III established close relations with Corinth and certain leading citizens on the basis of goodwill (eunoia). Mutual benefits and respect characterized their discourse throughout the remainder of the early Hellenistic period; this was neither a period of domination or decline, nor one in which the Macedonians deprived Corinthians of their autonomy. Instead, Corinth flourished while the Macedonians possessed the city. It was the site of a vast building program, much of which must be construed as the direct result of Macedonian patronage, evidence suggests strongly that those Corinthians who supported the Macedonians enjoyed great prosperity under them. Corinth's strategic location made it an integral part of the Macedonians' strategy to establish and maintain hegemony over the mainland Greek peninsula after Philip II's victory at Chaironeia. The Macedonian dynasts and kings who later possessed Corinth also valued its strategic position, and they regarded it as an essential component in their efforts to claim legitimacy due to its association with the Argead kings, Philip II and Alexander III the Great, and the League of Corinth they established. This study explicates the nature of the relationship between Corinthians and Macedonians that developed in the aftermath of Chaironeia, through the defeat at the battle of Kynoskephalai and the declaration of Greek Freedom at Isthmia in 196 B.C. Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth is not simply the history of a single polis; it draws upon the extant literary, epigraphic, prosopographic, topographic, numismatic, architectural, and archaeological evidence to place Corinth within broader Hellenistic world. This volume, the full first treatment of the city in this period, contributes significantly to the growing body of scholarly literature focusing on the Hellenistic world and is a crucial resource for specialists in late Classical and early Hellenistic history.

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Genre : History
Author : Michael D. Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2014-06-27
File : 255 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317676492


Social Identity And Status In The Classical And Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese

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This book aims to employ and illustrate the unique strengths of burial evidence and its contribution to the understanding of social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Nikolas Dimakis
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2016-12-31
File : 370 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781784915070


Honorific Culture At Delphi In The Hellenistic And Roman Periods

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This book brings Hellenistic and Roman Delphi to life. By addressing a broad spectrum of epigraphic topics, theoretical and methodological approaches, it provides readers with a first comprehensive discussion of the Delphic gift-giving system, its regional interactions, and its honorific network

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Genre : History
Author : Dominika Grzesik
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2021-12-13
File : 263 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789004502499


Shaping Regionality In Socio Economic Systems Late Hellenistic Late Roman Ceramic Production Circulation And Consumption In Boeotia Central Greece C 150 Bc Ad 700

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This book sheds some necessary light on local economies from the (late) Hellenistic to the Late Roman period. The concepts of regions and regionality are employed to explore the complexity of ancient economies and (ceramic) variability and change in Boeotia (Central Greece), largely on the basis of the survey data generated by the Boeotia Project.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Dean Peeters
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2023-02-23
File : 398 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781803272207


Lexicon Of Argead Makedonia

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This is the first lexicon focusing exclusively on Argead Makedonia. Spanning from the mythical foundation of the realm to the death of the last Argead ruler, Alexander IV, 247 entries written by 44 international scholars provide information on central aspects of the politics, culture, society, and economy of Argead Makedonia, on the ancient evidence, and on scholarly issues. Argead Makedonia emerged in the 7th century BC. From the late 6th century to its rise to hegemony under Philip II in the 4th century BC, it formed part of Mediterranean history and crossed the paths of the Greek poleis, the Persian Empire, and neighbouring regions such as Thessaly, Illyria, and Thrace.

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Genre : History
Author : Waldemar Heckel
Publisher : Frank & Timme GmbH
Release : 2020-05-28
File : 540 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783732904051


A Landscape Of Conflict Rural Fortifications In The Argolid 400 146 Bc

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This is the first systematic study of Late Classical and Hellenistic rural fortifications in ancient Argos and the city-states of the Argolic Akte. Based on one of the largest regional corpora of Greek fortified sites, the volume investigates the function of rural fortifications by placing them in the context of their surrounding landscape.

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Genre : History
Author : Anna Magdalena Blomley
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2022-05-26
File : 328 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781789699715


Soldiers Wages And The Hellenistic Economies

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Reassesses the economic development of the Hellenistic age from the perspective of labour history, centring discussion on paid soldiers.

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Genre : History
Author : Charlotte Van Regenmortel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2024-04-30
File : 275 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781009408981


Hellenistic Athletes

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Approaches Hellenistic sport from the perspective of the athletes and horse owners and their sponsors. Analyzing victory poems as commissioned work, the book reveals the wider social and political impact of athletic achievements at the level of the polis, the region and the empire.

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Genre : History
Author : Sebastian Scharff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2024-03-14
File : 385 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781009199940


Localism In Hellenistic Greece

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The Hellenistic age witnessed a dynamic increase of cultural fusion and entanglement across the Mediterranean and Eurasian worlds. Amid seismic changes in the world writ large, the regions of central Greece and the Peloponnese have often been considered a cultural space left behind. Localism in Hellenistic Greece explores how various processes impacted the countless small-scale, local communities of the Greek mainland. Drawing on notions of locality, localism, local tradition, and boundedness in place, Sheila L. Ager and Hans Beck delve into some of the main hubs of Hellenistic Greece, from Thessaly to Cape Tainaron. Along with their contributors, they explore how polis and ethnos societies positioned themselves in a swiftly expanding horizon and the meaning-making force of the local. The book reveals how local discourses were energized by local sentiments and, much like an echo chamber, how discourses related back to the community and the place it occupied, prioritizing the local as the critical source of communal orientation. Engaging with debates about cultural connectivity and convergence, Localism in Hellenistic Greece offers new insights into lived experience in ancient Greece.

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Genre : History
Author : Sheila L. Ager
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release : 2023-12-18
File : 342 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781487548377