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LaBuff, Jeremy,

Polis expansion and elite power in Hellenistic Karia / by Jeremy LaBuff. - 1 online resource - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World . - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the implications of sympoliteia for the political identity of the Hellenistic polis -- Histories of Karia -- The sympoliteiai of Karia -- Finding elite activity & motivation : a prosopographical analysis -- Conclusion.

"This book synthesizes the history of Hellenistic Karia and offers new interpretations for the motives behind cases of sympoliteia, or the merging of city-states, in the region. This study presents new readings of inscriptional evidence, nuancing our understanding of the dynamics of democracy in the Hellenistic period"--

ISBN: 9781498514002 1498514006

Standard No.: 40025660153

Subjects--Topical Terms:
City-states--History.--Greece
Hellenism.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
City-states.
Civilization.
Hellenism.
Elite
Expansionspolitik
Hellenismus
Polis

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Caria--History.
Caria--Civilization.
Greece.
Turkey--Caria.
Karien

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: DS156.C33 / L33 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 939/.24