Rome enters the Greek East : from anarchy to hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230-170 BC / Arthur M. Eckstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eckstein, Arthur M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Greece--History--281-146 B.C.

Greece.

History.

Rome--Relations--Greece.

Rome.

Greece--Relations--Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

xi, 439 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

From anarchy to hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230-170 B.C.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Contents:

Part I Rome in Contact with the Greek East, 230-205 BC 1

1 Roman Expansion and the Pressures of Anarchy 3

2 Rome and Illyria, ca. 230-217 BC 29

3 Rome, the Greek States, and Macedon, 217-205 BC 77

Part II The Power-Transition Crisis in the Greek Mediterranean, 207-200 BC 119

4 The Pact Between the Kings and the Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean State-System, 207-200 BC 121

5 Reaction: Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean, 203/202-200 BC 181

6 Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean, II: The Roman Decision to Intervene, 201/200 BC 230

Part III From Hegemonic War to Hierarchy, 200-170 BC 271

7 Hegemonic War, I: Rome and Macedon, 200-196 BC 273

8 Hegemonic War, II: Rome and Antiochus the Great, 200-188 BC 306

9 Hierarchy and Unipolarity, ca. 188-170 BC 342.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [382]-401) and index.

ISBN:

9781405160728

1405160721

OCLC:

172521743

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