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Laddar... The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BCav D. Graham J. Shipley
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In this work, Shipley asserts the early Hellenistic Peloponnese as under-examined, a fault no doubt rectified by this work, supplemented by several others in the last year, particularly Kralli 2017. In terms of the economic side of things, Rostovtzeff 1941 was and is still a standard work, so this is a contribution both welcome and long overdue. As Shipley notes, there has been a fair amount of highly localized and specialized epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological work in the Peloponnese in recent decades, requiring a slightly broader work like this to present those findings. The result is a cautious presentation of a large quantity of evidence, much of it new. In any case, this excellent volume serves a most valuable role in bringing specialized archaeological research to the eyes of researchers in other specialties. In turn, this research does much to update our views on how the cities of the Peloponnese interacted in Hellenistic politics and economics more generally, and emphasizes that the Peloponnese rarely, if ever, acted as a unified region in this period.
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). Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)938.608History and Geography Ancient World Greece to 323 PeloponnesusKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: Inga betyg.Är det här du? |