Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC
Book information
Description
The streams of Greek history in the fourth century are highly controversial. Sandwiched between the Classical fifth century and the Hellenistic period, the era has invited various readings, most prominently the verdict of decrepitude and decline. Recent discoveries, however, indicate that the period was not simply illustrative of the political, social, and economic weaknesses of the Greek city-state. This book examines the fourth century from an area with its own regional dynamics: central Greece, a region often considered as a backwater for macro-politics. The authors disclose a vivid tension between regional politics in Boeotia and its adjacent territories and Greek affairs. They provide a meticulous and, at times, microscopic investigation into the region's military and political history, together with detailed analyses of the topography of the places 'where history was made.' The result is a dazzling account of Greece's power transition crisis on the eve of the Macedonian conquest.
Similar books
Philip II and the Sacred War
1989 · PDF
Polis und Koinon: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Struktur der griechischen Bundesstaaten im 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
1997 · PDF
Ethnos and Koinon: Studies in Ancient Greek Ethnicity and Federalism
2019 · PDF
Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State
2020 · PDF
Von Magna Graecia nach Asia Minor: Festschrift für Linda-Marie Günther zum 65. Geburtstag
2017 · PDF
Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State
2020 · PDF
Karriere und Hierarchie: Die Römische Aristokratie Und Die Anfänge Des Cursus Honorum in Der Mittleren Republik
2014 · PDF
Karriere und Hierarchie: Die römische Aristokratie und die Anfänge des cursus honorum in der mittleren Republik
2005 · PDF