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University of California Press
- Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society
summary
In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece—Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-xi
- Abbreviations
- pp. xviii-xix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- Part One: Cooperation, Competition,and Coercion
- 2. The Fourth Century
- pp. 58-90
- 3. The Hellenistic Period
- pp. 91-144
- Part Two: Interactions and Institutions
- 4. Cultic Communities
- pp. 147-236
- 5. Economic Communities
- pp. 237-325
- 6. Political Communities
- pp. 326-399
- Conclusion
- pp. 400-408
- Appendix: Epigraphic Dossier
- pp. 409-504
- Bibliography
- pp. 505-558
- Index of Subjects
- pp. 559-586
- Index Locorum
- pp. 587-594
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520953932
Related ISBN(s)
9780520272507
MARC Record
OCLC
843332423
Pages
624
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-21
Language
English
Open Access
No