Format:
1 online resource (732 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520953932
Series Statement:
Hellenistic Culture and Society Ser v.55
Content:
In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece--Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.
Content:
Intro -- Imprint -- Subvention -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Strategies Old and New -- Institutions -- An Example -- A Road Map -- Part I. Cooperation, Competition, and Coercion: A Narrative History -- 1. The Archaic Period and the Fifth Century -- Boiotia -- Achaia -- Aitolia -- 2. The Fourth Century -- Common Wars, Common Peaces, Common Polities, 404-371 -- Theban Hegemony and the Hegemony of the Koinon, 371-346 -- A New Macedonian Order, 346-323 -- 3. The Hellenistic Period -- Mainland Greece and the Wars of the Successors, 323-285 -- Independence and Expansion, 284-245 -- Shifting Alliances, 245-229 -- The Roman Entrance and the War against Kleomenes, 229-222 -- The Rise of Philip V and the Social War, 221-217 -- The First and Second Macedonian Wars: Rome, Aitolia, and Philip V, 215-196 -- The Freedom of the Greeks and the Dismantling of Regional Cooperation, 196-167 -- Bargaining with Rome, the Struggle for Sparta, and the End of the Achaian Koinon, 167-146 -- Part II. Interactions and Institutions -- 4. Cultic Communities -- Building Regional Communities -- Politicizing Regional Communities -- Legitimating and Celebrating the Power of the Koinon -- Reproducing the Power of the Koinon -- 5. Economic Communities -- Cooperative Coinage and Early Forms of Economic Cooperation -- Protecting and Promoting Economic Mobility -- Resource Complementarity and Economic Interdependence -- Winning the Battle for Resources -- Taxation and Regional State Revenues -- Managing Economic Crises and Disputes -- 6. Political Communities -- Coercion and Cooperation in the Formation of the Koinon -- The Terms of the Federal Compromise -- Enforcement, Negotiation, and Institutional Stability -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Epigraphic Dossier -- I. Boiotia: T1-T33 -- II. Achaia: T34-T46.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520272507
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520272507
Language:
English
Keywords:
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1190427
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