Athens After Empire

A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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A major new history of Athens' remarkably long and influential life after the collapse of its empireTo many the history of post-Classical Athens is one of decline. True, Athens hardly commanded the number of allies it had when hegemon of its fifth-century Delian League or even its fourth-century Naval Confederacy, and its navy was but a shadow of its former self. But Athens recovered from its perilous position in the closing quarter of the fourth century and became once again a player in Greek affairs, even during the Roman occupation. Athenian democracy survived and evolved, even through its dealings with Hellenistic Kings, its military clashes with Macedonia, and its alliance with Rome. Famous Romans, including Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, saw Athens as much more than an isolated center for philosophy. Athens After Empire offers a new narrative history of post-Classical Athens, extending the period down to the aftermath of Hadrian's reign.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-28
Mått:163 x 236 x 43 mm
Vikt:676 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:424
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190633981

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Ian Worthington is Professor of Ancient History of Macquarie University. He is the author of numerous books about ancient the ancient world, including, most recently, Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt, By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire, and Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece.

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Ian Worthington's Athens After Empire shows how there has been a tendency to fixate on the heyday of famous ancient cities while the events before or after have been unfairly and misleadingly eclipsed. Paul Cartledge's excellent Hellenistic and Roman Sparta presents how such an approach distorted Sparta's enduring importance. Now, Worthington's splendid, learned, and highly readable volume will achieve the same for Athens. Worthington's aim is to demonstrate that Athens did not fade away or drop off the historical radar or even decline into oblivion, and he successfully proves his thesis.

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Preface Maps Introduction: "This is the City of Hadrian and not of Theseus"1. Farewell to Freedom2. Under The Puppet Ruler: Demetrius of Phalerum3. Political and Civic Institutions4. Demetrius "The Besieger" and Athens5. Testing Macedonia6. Independence Day7. Enter Rome, Exit Macedonia8.Being Free without Freedom9. Social Life and Religion10. Sulla's Sack of Athens11. The End of "Hellenistic" Athens12. Augustus and Athens13. Tiberius to Hadrian14. Building A New Horizon?15. Hadrian's Arch TimelineBibliographyIndex