Mediterranean anarchy, interstate war, and the rise of Rome / Arthur M. Eckstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eckstein, Arthur M.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Organization)

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Series:

Hellenistic culture and society ; 48.

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Hellenistic culture and society ; 48

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--Foreign relations--510-30 B.C.

Anarchism.

War.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 370 pages) : maps.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This ground-breaking study is the first to employ modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. Arthur M. Eckstein challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state-in ancient as well as modern terms-by arguing that intense militarism and aggressiveness were common among all Mediterranean polities from ca. 750 B.C. onward.

Contents:

Political science and Roman history

Realist paradigms of interstate behavior

The anarchic structure of interstate relations in classical Greece

The anarchic structure of interstate relations in the Hellenistic Age

Terrores multi : the rivals of Rome for power in the western Mediterranean

Rome and Roman militarism within the anarchic interstate system

Roman exceptionalism and nonexceptionalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-342) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780520932302

0520932307

Publisher Number:

99968081094

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.