War, Food, and Politics in Early Hellenistic Athens

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

G. J. Oliver provides a new assessment of the economic history of Athens in the Hellenistic era, when the city was no longer an imperial power and struggled to maintain its territory, both at home in Attica and overseas in the cleruchies. Oliver assesses how political and military change affected the fragile economies of the Athenian polis. Warfare in Attica required the Athenians to protect their domestic grain supply and seek out those beyond the city to provide commodities from abroad. Oliver stresses the economic importance of benefaction and civic honours, and shows how much the citizens of Athens contributed to the defence and finances of their city.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-09-06
Mått:163 x 241 x 27 mm
Vikt:722 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199283507

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G. J. Oliver is Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture at Liverpool University.

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Oliver's analysis will not only become an indispensable resource for this period of Athenian history, but it also serves as a model by which to examine other Hellenistic poleis...

Innehållsförteckning

I. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES ; 1. Economic fragilities in fourth-century Athens ; 2. Piraeus and the Athenian 'peraea' ; 3. People of Attica ; II. WAR IN THE ATHENIAN POLIS ; 4. Warfare and the Athenian countryside ; 5. The dynamics of defence: infrastructure ; 6. Defending the polis: command ; 7. Military manpower ; III. POLIS ECONOMIES: FINANCE, FOOD, AND FRIENDS ; 8. Saving the polis: civic finances ; 9. Friends abroad: the economics of benefaction ; Conclusion