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Title

Transitions to empire : essays in Greco-Roman history, 360-146 B.C. in honor of E. Badian / edited by Robert W. Wallace and Edward M. Harris.

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Badian, E.
• Wallace, Robert W., 1950-
• Harris, Edward Monroe.

Description

x, 498 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• During the period 360-146 B.C., the Greco-Roman world underwent the transition from independent city states and small regional powers to the large and potent empires of the Hellenistic age. The essays in this volume consider various aspects of this central political transformation.
• The contributors to the volume are students or close working colleagues of Ernst Badian, perhaps the greatest living authority on the period under discussion. Included in the volume is a complete bibliography of Badian's publications.
• The broadly based yet coherent theme - the momentous changes in systems of power and authority in the ancient Mediterranean world - makes Transitions to Empire an important contribution to Greco-Roman scholarship and a fitting tribute to a scholar whose work has had such a far-reaching influence on the field of ancient history.

Series Statement

Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 21

Uniform Title

Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 21.

Subject

• Civilization, Classical
• Greece > History > To 146 B.C
• Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C

Note

• "Works by E. Badian" : p. [463]-475.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / Robert W. Wallace -- Ch. 1. The Metamorphosis of the Barbarian: Athenian Panhellenism in a Changing World / Peter Green -- Ch. 2. Philip II and Argaios: A Pretender's Story / Julia Heskel -- Ch. 3. Demosthenes and the Theoric Fund / Edward M. Harris -- Ch. 4. Philip II's Designs on Greece / John Buckler -- Ch. 5. The End of Greek Liberty / George Cawkwell -- Ch. 6. Greeks and Macedonians in the Age of Alexander: The Source Traditions / Eugene N. Borza -- Ch. 7. Alexander, Euripides, and Dionysos: The Motivation for Apotheosis / A. B. Bosworth -- Ch. 8. The Seuthopolis Inscription: IGBR 1731, a New Edition / William M. Calder III -- Ch. 9. Adeimantos of Lampsakos and Demetrios Poliorketes' Fraudulent Peace of 302 B.C. / Thomas R. Martin -- Ch. 10. Aristotle's Two Complementary Views of the Greek Polis / Mogens Herman Hansen -- Ch. 11. The Athenaion Politeia after a Century / Mortimer Chambers -- Ch. 12. Book Burning in Ancient Athens / Robert W. Wallace --
• Ch. 13. Families in Ptolemaic Egypt: Continuity, Change, and Coercion / Sarah B. Pomeroy -- Ch. 14. The Purported Jewish-Spartan Affiliation / Erich S. Gruen -- Ch. 15. Born to Be Wolves? Origins of Roman Imperialism / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- Ch. 16. Triumphus in Monte Albano / T. Corey Brennan -- Ch. 17. The Introduction of the Denarius / William T. Loomis -- Ch. 18. Evidence in Livy on Roman Policy Prior to War with Antiochus the Great / Valerie M. Warrior -- Ch. 19. Cato Maior in Aetolia / Jerzy Linderski -- Ch. 20. The Political Backdrop of Plautus's Casina / Judith P. Hallett -- Ch. 21. Republicans and Sinners: The Decline of the Roman Republic and the End of a Provisional Arrangement / Walter Eder -- Bibliography: Works by E. Badian.

ISBN

0806128631 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96018192

OCLC

• 34617602
• ocm34617602
• SCSB-14298080

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Columbia University Libraries