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

By: Mackil, EmilyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Hellenistic Culture and Society SerPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (732 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520953932Subject(s): City-states -- Greece -- History | Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C | Religion and state -- Greece -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creating a Common Polity : Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek KoinonDDC classification: 320.938 LOC classification: JC73 -- .M337 2013ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Imprint -- Subvention -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Strategies Old and New -- Institutions -- An Example -- A Road Map -- Part I. Cooperation, Competition, and Coercion: A Narrative History -- 1. The Archaic Period and the Fifth Century -- Boiotia -- Achaia -- Aitolia -- 2. The Fourth Century -- Common Wars, Common Peaces, Common Polities, 404-371 -- Theban Hegemony and the Hegemony of the Koinon, 371-346 -- A New Macedonian Order, 346-323 -- 3. The Hellenistic Period -- Mainland Greece and the Wars of the Successors, 323-285 -- Independence and Expansion, 284-245 -- Shifting Alliances, 245-229 -- The Roman Entrance and the War against Kleomenes, 229-222 -- The Rise of Philip V and the Social War, 221-217 -- The First and Second Macedonian Wars: Rome, Aitolia, and Philip V, 215-196 -- The Freedom of the Greeks and the Dismantling of Regional Cooperation, 196-167 -- Bargaining with Rome, the Struggle for Sparta, and the End of the Achaian Koinon, 167-146 -- Part II. Interactions and Institutions -- 4. Cultic Communities -- Building Regional Communities -- Politicizing Regional Communities -- Legitimating and Celebrating the Power of the Koinon -- Reproducing the Power of the Koinon -- 5. Economic Communities -- Cooperative Coinage and Early Forms of Economic Cooperation -- Protecting and Promoting Economic Mobility -- Resource Complementarity and Economic Interdependence -- Winning the Battle for Resources -- Taxation and Regional State Revenues -- Managing Economic Crises and Disputes -- 6. Political Communities -- Coercion and Cooperation in the Formation of the Koinon -- The Terms of the Federal Compromise -- Enforcement, Negotiation, and Institutional Stability -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Epigraphic Dossier -- I. Boiotia: T1-T33 -- II. Achaia: T34-T46.
III. Aitolia: T47-T61 -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index Locorum.
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.
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Intro -- Imprint -- Subvention -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Strategies Old and New -- Institutions -- An Example -- A Road Map -- Part I. Cooperation, Competition, and Coercion: A Narrative History -- 1. The Archaic Period and the Fifth Century -- Boiotia -- Achaia -- Aitolia -- 2. The Fourth Century -- Common Wars, Common Peaces, Common Polities, 404-371 -- Theban Hegemony and the Hegemony of the Koinon, 371-346 -- A New Macedonian Order, 346-323 -- 3. The Hellenistic Period -- Mainland Greece and the Wars of the Successors, 323-285 -- Independence and Expansion, 284-245 -- Shifting Alliances, 245-229 -- The Roman Entrance and the War against Kleomenes, 229-222 -- The Rise of Philip V and the Social War, 221-217 -- The First and Second Macedonian Wars: Rome, Aitolia, and Philip V, 215-196 -- The Freedom of the Greeks and the Dismantling of Regional Cooperation, 196-167 -- Bargaining with Rome, the Struggle for Sparta, and the End of the Achaian Koinon, 167-146 -- Part II. Interactions and Institutions -- 4. Cultic Communities -- Building Regional Communities -- Politicizing Regional Communities -- Legitimating and Celebrating the Power of the Koinon -- Reproducing the Power of the Koinon -- 5. Economic Communities -- Cooperative Coinage and Early Forms of Economic Cooperation -- Protecting and Promoting Economic Mobility -- Resource Complementarity and Economic Interdependence -- Winning the Battle for Resources -- Taxation and Regional State Revenues -- Managing Economic Crises and Disputes -- 6. Political Communities -- Coercion and Cooperation in the Formation of the Koinon -- The Terms of the Federal Compromise -- Enforcement, Negotiation, and Institutional Stability -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Epigraphic Dossier -- I. Boiotia: T1-T33 -- II. Achaia: T34-T46.

III. Aitolia: T47-T61 -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index Locorum.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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