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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Boehm, Ryan, 1980- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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.