Patrick Reinard – författare

This handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the polity known as the Delian League, or the Athenian Empire. Founded under the leadership of Athens in 478 BCE and dissolved in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, it was one of the most distinctive imperial regimes of antiquity and a defining force in the political landscape of fifth-century Greece. This book

⁠places the League within a comparative history of empires across the ancient world ⁠presents cutting-edge scholarship by an international group of both established experts and younger Researchers deals with source traditions, geopolitical settings, history, economic and political power structures, imperial society and culture, relations with external polities, as well as ancient opinions and receptions. It will⁠serve as an authoritative reference for scholars, students, and anyone interested in the history of Athens and its empire, as well as the study of empires.

Knowing how to handle sources confidently is a fundamental prerequisite for anyone wishing to study the ancient world, but a systematic introduction to what are known as the ?auxiliary sciences= has not previously been available. Patrick Reinard and his team of authors now present the first volume in the new series ?Tools for Historians=. With the help of concrete examples, readers can find out how archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, papyrological and philological sources are located, collected and published. The volume also provides information on additional ways of using sources, such as prosopography or historical geography. The scholarly disciplines are each introduced by experts, presenting the state of research, methods and further reading, as well as links, in an easily readable way. An absolute must for anyone interested in history.

Knowing how to handle sources confidently is a fundamental prerequisite for anyone wishing to study the ancient world, but a systematic introduction to what are known as the ?auxiliary sciences= has not previously been available. Patrick Reinard and his team of authors now present the first volume in the new series ?Tools for Historians=. With the help of concrete examples, readers can find out how archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, papyrological and philological sources are located, collected and published. The volume also provides information on additional ways of using sources, such as prosopography or historical geography. The scholarly disciplines are each introduced by experts, presenting the state of research, methods and further reading, as well as links, in an easily readable way. An absolute must for anyone interested in history.