Hellenistic Peloponnese (eBook)

Interstate Relations. A Narrative and Analytic History, 371-146 BC

Ioanna Kralli (Autor)

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2017
550 Seiten
The Classical Press of Wales (Verlag)
978-1-910589-65-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Existing treatments of Peloponnesian history are fragmented by poleis and period. This book offers a comprehensive narrative of the political history of the entire Peloponnese from 371 to 146 BC, using both literary and epigraphic evidence. In the Hellenistic Peloponnese a long shadow was cast by the geo-political changes of the 4th century. Many continuities trace back to the forty years after Leuktra (371-330). Internal divisions and alliances are interwoven with the interventions of external powers: Thebans, Macedonian rulers, and finally the Romans. The author's findings reveal remarkable consistencies in the history of the Peloponnese. After Sparta's long-invincible army was defeated at the battle of Leuktra, there was much in Sparta's influence which was far from crushed. Not only did Sparta's confidence persist, as she agitated for centuries to renew her power; other states of the Peloponnese conducted their own foreign policies in reaction either to Sparta's decline or, especially, to her resurgence - and to the prospect of further resurgence still. The book reveals continuity as regards Sparta in the foreign policies of Elis, most of Arkadia, Messenia, and the Achaian Confederacy. These definite patterns formed Peloponnesian history far beyond the narrow relation of each community to Sparta: they also shaped the relation of most major Peloponnesian powers to each other.

Autor

Ioanna Kralli is Assistant Professor at the Ionian University (Corfu, Greece). In earlier publications, she has studied the political relations of Athens with various kings during the Hellenistic period, mainly from epigraphic testimonia; continuity and change in Athenian political and military practices and organization; images of Hellenistic Athens in the historiographic tradition; and the political exploitation of the Panhellenic Games by Hellenistic rulers.

Rezensionen

"...Kralli's book is a commendable achievement and a valuable contribution to our understanding of Peloponnesian politics in the Hellenistic period." --Carol J. King, Classical Journal "Ioanna Kralli hat somit insgesamt betrachtet ein sehr zu empfehlendes Buch vorgelegt, das eindrucksvoll belegt, wie ergiebig es sein kann, sich mit einem frischen Blick einer scheinbar wohlbekannten Thematik zuzuwenden. Vermutlich betrachten wir die politisch-militarische Geschichte immer noch viel zu haufig aus Sicht einzelner meist groaerer Akteure, wodurch die Gefahr besteht, im Detail wichtige Nuancen zu ubersehen. Was die hellenistische Peloponnes angeht, ist unser Bild jetzt jedenfalls dank Krallis Studie um einiges ausgewogener." --Michael Kleu, Universitat zu Koln, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019.07.25

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2017
• Verlagsort: Swansea
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Schlagworte: Ancient Greece • Classical Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-910589-65-9 / 1910589659
• ISBN-13: 978-1-910589-65-6 / 9781910589656