Companion to Ancient Macedonia

Joseph Roisman is Professor of Classics at Colby College. He has authored and edited several books, among them Brill’s Companion to Alexander the Great (ed., 2003), The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators (2005), and Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander: The Evidence (ed. with J.C. Yardley, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).Ian Worthington is Curators’ Professor of History, Department of History, University of Missouri. He has written and edited numerous books and articles on Greek history, epigraphy and oratory, including Alexander the Great: Man and God (2004), The Blackwell Companion to Greek Rhetoric (ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2006) and Philip II of Macedonia (2008).

"Like others in the publisher's Companions to the Ancient World series, this volume is intended primarily as an engaging resource for students new to the subject and scholars in related fields, and yet these "companions" are also useful for scholars within the fields under consideration who seek well-rounded, up-to-date references." (Booknews, 1 February 2011) "In this volume editor Roisman (classics, Colby College) and Worthington (history, U. of Missouri) have brought together work from an international roster of contributors. The lead article discusses the dramatic changes in scholarly emphasis of the last 30 years that have brought ancient Macedonia to the fore, in particular increased attention to the role played by Alexander the Great's father. Ten maps and a set of 28 plates support this well-organized collection of 27 contributed chapters. Like others in the publisher's Companions to the Ancient World series, this volume is intended primarily as an engaging resource for students new to the subject and scholars in related fields, and yet these "companions" are also useful for scholars within the fields under consideration who seek well-rounded, up-to-date references. Articles are specially commissioned to cover political, military, social, economic and cultural history, as well as material culture." (Reference and Research Book News, February 2011)"Overall, this Companion provides a lucid and comprehensive introduction to the study of ancient Macedonia." (The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 March 2011)

• List of Illustrations viiiList of Contributors xiiPreface xivNotes on Style xviList of Abbreviations xviiMaps xxPart I Preamble 11 Why Study Ancient Macedonia and What this Companion is About 3Edward M. AnsonPart II Evidence 212 The Literary and Epigraphic Evidence to the Roman Conquest 23P. J. Rhodes3 The Numismatic Evidence 41Karsten DahmenPart III Macedonia and Macedonians 634 The Physical Kingdom 65Carol G. Thomas5 Macedonians and Greeks 81Johannes Engels6 Perspectives on the Macedonians from Greece, Rome, and Beyond 99Sulochana R. AsirvathamPart IV History 1257 The Early Temenid Kings to Alexander I 127Sławomir Sprawski8 Classical Macedonia to Perdiccas III 145Joseph Roisman9 Philip II 166Sabine Müller10 Alexander the Great, Macedonia and Asia 186Dawn L. Gilley and Ian Worthington11 Alexander’s Successors to 221 BC 208Winthrop Lindsay Adams12 Macedonia and Rome, 221–146 BC 225Arthur M. Eckstein13 Provincia Macedonia 251John VanderspoelPart V Neighbours 27714 Macedonia, Illyria and Epirus 279William S. Greenwalt15 Macedonia and Thessaly 306Denver Graninger16 Macedonia and Thrace 326Zosia Archibald17 Macedonia and Persia 342Marek Jan OlbrychtPart VI Politics, Society, Economy and Culture 37118 Macedonian Kingship and Other Political Institutions 373Carol J. King19 Social Customs and Institutions: Aspects of Macedonian Elite Society 392Noriko Sawada20 Macedonian Women 409Elizabeth Carney21 Macedonian Religion 428Paul Christesen and Sarah C. Murray22 The Macedonian Army 446Nicholas Victor Sekunda23 The Political Economy of Macedonia 472Paul Millett24 Classical Art to 221 BC 505Craig I. Hardiman25 Hellenistic and Roman Art, 221 BC–AD 337 522Rachel KousserPart VII After Rome 54326 Macedonia in Late Antiquity 545Carolyn S. Snively27 Ancient Macedonia, Alexander the Great and the Star or Sun of Vergina: National Symbols and the Conflict between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia 572Loring M. DanforthBibliography 599Index 651