Slavery and Rebellion in Second-Century BC Sicily
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-1574-0 (ISBN)
This is the first book-length study in English dedicated to an exploration of the events traditionally known as the two Sicilian Slave Wars. The second-century BC revolts are commonly included among the largest slave uprisings in world history and are considered key milestones in the timeline of Roman slavery. This book offers a re-examination of the so-called Slave Wars from the perspectives of the rebels and argues that these occurrences should be understood not as slave revolts but as rebellions ignited by the socio-economic and political difficulties caused by the Roman-backed status quo on Sicily.
Analysing a diverse range of sources and material evidence, the book champions the perspectives of the rebels over those of the Graeco-Roman elite expressed in much later configurations of the events and provides radically new assessments of these elite histories while focusing on their status as slave-owner narratives. Opening a new window into the Sicilian rebellions, this book enables the contextualisation of these ancient revolts through uprisings in more recent times in the USA, Brazil and the Caribbean and offers a unique opportunity not only to study how the Roman Empire was formed and challenged but also to reconfigure our modern understanding of rebellions involving the enslaved.
Peter Morton is a teacher of Social Studies and Latin at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His research areas include Roman slavery, the history of slave revolts, and ancient historiography, especially Diodorus Siculus’ Bibliotheke.
AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of Illustrations
Introduction: The Problem with ‘the Sicilian Slave Wars’
Part 1: The Wars in Sicily Reassessed
1. The Coinage of King Antiochus: The War in Sicily of 136–132 BC through Rebel Eyes
2. The Slave-Owner Narratives of the ‘First Sicilian Slave War’: Eunus and his Rebels
3. The Creation of an Alternate State: Reassessing the Rebels in the War of 104–100 BC
Part 2: Slave Revolts in Ancient Historiography and the Wider Historical Context
4. The Slave Revolt topos: Thinking with Servile Unrest in Ancient Historiography
5. How to Define Revolt? Ancient Slave Rebellions in the Global Context
Conclusion: The Romano-Sicilian Wars in Context
Appendix 1: The ΦΙΛΙΠΗΙΟΝ Gold CoinageBibliographyIndex
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Slavery |
| Zusatzinfo | 47 black and white illustrations, 10 black and white tables, 5 black and white maps |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-1574-8 / 1399515748 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-1574-0 / 9781399515740 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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