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"--
9781498514002 1498514006
40025660153
City-states--History.--Greece Hellenism. HISTORY--Ancient--General. City-states. Civilization. Hellenism. Elite Expansionspolitik Hellenismus Polis