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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780520290839
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-520-29083-9
- Verlag: University of California Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 25.04.2016
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2016
- Serie: Hellenistic Culture and Society
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
- Gewicht: 778 g
- Seiten: 624
- Format (B x H x T): 151 x 228 x 50 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt