Federalism in Greek Antiquity
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Federalism in Greek Antiquity

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Federalism in Greek Antiquity

About this book

The world of ancient Greece witnessed some of the most sophisticated and varied experiments with federalism in the pre-modern era. In the volatile interstate environment of Greece, federalism was a creative response to the challenge of establishing regional unity, while at the same time preserving a degree of local autonomy. To reconcile the forces of integration and independence, Greek federal states introduced, for example, the notion of proportional representation, the stratification of legal practice, and a federal grammar of festivals and cults. Federalism in Greek Antiquity provides the first comprehensive reassessment of the topic. It comprises detailed contributions on all federal states in Aegean Greece and its periphery. With every chapter written by a leading expert in the field, the book also incorporates thematic sections that place the topic in a broader historical and social-scientific context.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780521192262
eBook ISBN
9781316396841
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Maps
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. A note on the transliteration of ancient Greek
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Maps
  12. Chapter 1 An introduction to federalism in Greek antiquity
  13. Chapter 2 Federalism and ethnicity
  14. Chapter 3 The community of the Hellenes
  15. Chapter 4 Akarnania and the Akarnanian League
  16. Chapter 5 Aitolia and the Aitolian League
  17. Chapter 6 The Achaian League
  18. Chapter 7 Boiotia and the Boiotian Leagues
  19. Chapter 8 The Euboian League – an ‘irregular’ koinon?
  20. Chapter 9 The Lokrians and their federal leagues
  21. Chapter 10 Phokis
  22. Chapter 11 Microfederalism in Central Greece: the Dorians and Oitaians
  23. Chapter 12 The Thessalian League
  24. Chapter 13 The Arkadian Confederacy
  25. Chapter 14 Elis (with Akroria and Pisatis)
  26. Chapter 15 Traces of federalism in Messenia
  27. Chapter 16 Molossia and Epeiros
  28. Chapter 17 Federal Makedonia
  29. Chapter 18 The Chalkidike and the Chalkidians
  30. Chapter 19 Federalism and the sea. The koina of the Aegean islands
  31. Chapter 20 Federalism on Crete: The Cretan Koinon and the koinon of the Oreioi
  32. Chapter 21 The Italiote League and southern Italy
  33. Chapter 22 The Lykian League
  34. Chapter 23 Federalism in the Kyrenaïka?
  35. Chapter 24 Forerunners of federal states: collaboration and integration through alliance in Archaic and Classical Greece
  36. Chapter 25 The Hellenic leagues of late Classical and Hellenistic times and their place in the history of Greek federalism
  37. Chapter 26 Peaceful conflict resolution in the world of the federal states
  38. Chapter 27 The economics of federation in the ancient Greek world
  39. Chapter 28 Ancient theoretical reflections on federalism
  40. Chapter 29 Greek federalism, the rediscovery of Polybius, and the framing of the American constitution
  41. Bibliography
  42. Index

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