Creating a Common Polity. Emily MackilИстория. Hellenistic Culture and Society
- Название
- Creating a Common Polity
- Автор:
- Emily Mackil
- Серия:
- Hellenistic Culture and Society
- Жанр:
- История
- Год выпуска:
- 0
- isbn:
- 9780520953932
- Аннотация:
- In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the <i>polis,</i> 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 <i>koina.</i> 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.