City and Empire in the Age of the Successors : Urbanization and Social Response in the Making of the Hellenistic Kingdoms /
"In the chaotic decades after the death of Alexander the Great, the world of the Greek city-state became deeply embroiled in the political struggles and unremitting violence of his successors' contest for supremacy. As these presumptive rulers turned to the practical reality of administeri...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2018]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction
- Imperial geographies : city, settlement, and ideology in the formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms
- Urbanization and economic networks
- Civic cults between continuity and change
- Consensus, community, and discourses of power
- Conclusion : the ambitions and limits of royal power.