Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon

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contents Preface xi Abbreviations xv Maps xvii Introduction 1 Strategies Old and New 2 Institutions 10 An Example 13 A Road Map 15 PART I. COOPERATION, COMPETITION, AND COERCION: A NARRATIVE HISTORY 1. The Archaic Period and the Fifth Century 21 Boiotia 22 Achaia 46 Aitolia 52 2. The Fourth Century 58 Common Wars, Common Peaces, Common Polities, 404–371 58 Theban Hegemony and the Hegemony of the Koinon, 371–346 71 A New Macedonian Order, 346–323 85 3. The Hellenistic Period 91 Mainland Greece and the Wars of the Successors, 323–285 91 Independence and Expansion, 284–245 98 9780520272507_PRINT.indd ix 9780520272507_PRINT.indd ix 03/05/13 4:42 PM 03/05/13 4:42 PM x contents Shifting Alliances, 245–229 103 The Roman Entrance and the War against Kleomenes, 229–222 108 The Rise of Philip V and the Social War, 221–217 116 The First and Second Macedonian Wars: Rome, Aitolia, and Philip V, 215–196 122 The Freedom of the Greeks and the Dismantling of Regional Cooperation, 196–167 128 Bargaining with Rome, the Struggle for Sparta, and the End of the Achaian Koinon, 167–146 139 PART II. INTERACTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 4. Cultic Communities 147 Building Regional Communities 157 Politicizing Regional Communities 184 Legitimating and Celebrating the Power of the Koinon 206 Reproducing the Power of the Koinon 215 5. Economic Communities 237 Cooperative Coinage and Early Forms of Economic Cooperation 247 Protecting and Promoting Economic Mobility 255 Resource Complementarity and Economic Interdependence 264 Winning the Battle for Resources 284 Taxation and Regional State Revenues 289 Managing Economic Crises and Disputes 304 6. Political Communities 326 Coercion and Cooperation in the Formation of the Koinon 330 The Terms of the Federal Compromise 346 Enforcement, Negotiation, and Institutional Stability 390 Conclusion 400 Appendix: Epigraphic Dossier 409 I. Boiotia: T1–T33 410 II. Achaia: T34–T46 453 III. Aitolia: T47–T61 482 Bibliography 505 Index of Subjects 559 Index Locorum 587 9780520272507_PRINT.indd x 9780520272507_PRINT.indd x 03/05/13 4:42 PM 03/05/13 4:42 PM ...