The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese
Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BC
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 12 December 2019
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Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781108702423 |
ISBN10: | 1108702422 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 387 pages |
Size: | 245x170x20 mm |
Weight: | 650 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 1 b/w illus. 10 maps 7 tables |
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Short description:
Examines developments in the heartland of Greece after the reign of Alexander the Great, and rejects the usual pessimistic picture.
Long description:
Using all available evidence - literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological - this study offers a new analysis of the early Hellenistic Peloponnese. The conventional picture of the Macedonian kings as oppressors, and of the Peloponnese as ruined by warfare and tyranny, must be revised. The kings did not suppress freedom or exploit the peninsula economically, but generally presented themselves as patrons of Greek identity. Most of the regimes characterised as 'tyrannies' were probably, in reality, civic governorships, and the Macedonians did not seek to overturn tradition or build a new imperial order. Contrary to previous analyses, the evidence of field survey and architectural remains points to an active, even thriving civic culture and a healthy trading economy under elite patronage. Despite the rise of federalism, particularly in the form of the Achaean league, regional identity was never as strong as loyalty to one's city-state (polis).
Table of Contents:
1. The Acropolis of Greece; 2. Warfare and control; 3. Power and politics; 4. Economies and landscapes; 5. Region, network, and polis.