Creating a common polity : religion, economy, and politics in the making of the Greek koinon / Emily Mackil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackil, Emily Maureen, 1973-

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Series:

Hellenistic culture and society ; 55.

Hellenistic culture and society ; 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City-states--Greece--History.

City-states.

Religion and state.

History.

Greece.

Religion and state--Greece--History.

Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 593 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I Cooperation, Competition, and Coercion: A Narrative History

1 The Archaic Period and the Fifth Century 21

Boiotia 22

Achaia 46

Aitolia 52

2 The Fourth Century 58

Common Wars, Common Peaces, Common Polities, 404-371 52

Theban Hegemony and the Hegemony of the Koinon, 371-346 71

A New Macedonian Order, 346-323 85

3 The Hellenistic Period 91

Mainland Greece and the Wars of the Successors, 323-285 91

Independence and Expansion, 284-245 98

Shifting Alliances, 245-229 103

The Roman Entrance and the War against Kleomenes, 225-222 108

The Rise of Philip V and the Social War, 221-217 116

The First and Second Macedonian Wars: Rome, Aitolia, and Philip V, 215-196 122

The Freedom of the Greeks and the Dismantling of Regional Cooperation, 196-167 128

Bargaining with Rome, the Struggle for Sparta, and the End of the Achaian Koinon, 167-146 139

Part II Interactions and Institutions

4 Cultic Communities 147

Building Regional Communities 157

Politicizing Regional Communities 184

Legitimating and Celebrating the Power of the Koinon 206

Reproducing the Power of the Koinon 215

5 Economic Communities 237

Cooperative Coinage and Early Forms of Economic Cooperation 247

Protecting and Promoting Economic Mobility 255

Resource Complementarity and Economic Interdependence 264

Winning the Battle for Resources 284

Taxation and Regional State Revenues 289

Managing Economic Crises and Disputes 304

6 Political Communities 326

Coercion and Cooperation in the Formation of the Koinon 330

The Terms of the Federal Compromise 346

Enforcement, Negotiation, and Institutional Stability 390

Conclusion 400.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

843332423

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