Political Violence in Ancient Greece
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-52288-5 (ISBN)
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Political violence, which the ancient Greeks called stasis, was a fundamental aspect of Greek society. In this book, Scott Arcenas reshapes our understanding of this important phenomenon. He argues that it differed fundamentally from its analogues in both ancient and modern societies and that in most poleis it occurred with high frequency but very low levels of violence. Stasis therefore promoted economic growth, institutional innovation, and cultural creativity in a variety of important and surprising ways. In order to undertake this study, Dr Arcenas introduces new methods and tools to confront some of the greatest methodological challenges that face scholars of the ancient world: evidentiary scarcity, evidentiary bias, epistemic uncertainty, and lack of clarity regarding the explanatory value of our sources' silence. The book is therefore required reading for a wide range of scholars and students of ancient history.
SCOTT LAWIN ARCENAS is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Montana. His research focuses on the political and economic history of archaic and classical Greece. He has also published articles on ancient geography, digital history, numismatics, and Thucydides.
Introduction; Part I. What was Stasis?: 1. Defining stasis; 2. Stasis narratives; 3. Stasis and civil war; Part II. The Frequency of Stasis: 4. The frequency of stasis: an introduction; 5. The silence of Thucydides; 6. The value of silence; 7. The frequency of stasis at thebes; 8. Beyond thebes; Part III. The Intensity of Stasis: 9. The violence of stasis; 10. The distribution of violence; 11. Qualitative analysis; 12. Quantitative implications; Conclusion; Appendix A: the frequency of stasis at Herakleia Pontike; Works Cited; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.1.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 100 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-52288-4 / 1009522884 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-52288-5 / 9781009522885 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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