Persian interventions : the Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450-386 BCE / John O. Hyland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyland, John O., 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Imperialism--Case studies.

Imperialism.

Sparta (Extinct city)--Foreign relations.

Sparta (Extinct city).

Athens (Greece)--Foreign relations.

Athens (Greece).

Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

History.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450-386 BCE

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"In this book, Hyland examines the international relations of the First Persian Empire (the Achaemenid Empire) as a case study in ancient imperialism. He focuses in particular on Persian's relations with the Greek city-states and its diplomatic influence over Athens and Sparta. Previous studies have emphasized the ways in which Persia sought to protect its borders by playing the often warring Athens and Sparta off each other, prolonging their conflicts through limited aid and shifts of alliance. Hyland proposes a new model, employing Persian ideological texts and economic documents to contextualize the Greek narrative framework, that demonstrates that Persian Kings were less interested in control of the Ionian region where Greece bordered the empire than in displays of universal power through the acquisition of Athens or Sparta as client states. On the other hand, the establishment of "Pax Persica" beyond the Aegean was delayed by Persian efforts to limit the interventions' expense, and missteps in dealing with fractious Greek allies. This reevaluation of Persia's Greek relations marks an important contribution to scholarship on the Achaemenid empire and Greek history, and has value for the broader study of imperialism in the ancient world."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Achaemenid Persia and the Greeks across the Sea 1

The Traditional Model: Balancing Athens and Sparta 5

The Image of Persian World Supremacy 7

A New Approach: Ambition and Restraint in Persia's Greek Relations 10

Chapter 2 Artaxerxes I and the Athenian Peace 15

The Peace of Kallias: In Search of a Persian Perspective 16

The Costs of Peace: Ionia's Loss and Possible Countermeasures 18

The Savings of Peace: Naval Reduction and Economic Gains 23

The Profits of Peace: Persia's Athenian Trade 28

The Ideology of Peace: Persian Victory and the Athenian Client State 30

Adherence to Peace: The Cold War Model and the Samian Revolt 34

Chapter 3 The Peloponnesian War and the Road to Intervention 37

Artaxerxes I and the Peloponnesian War 38

Darius II and Athens: From Philia to Enmity 42

Sicily, Tribute, and Darius's Intervention 45

Agents of Intervention: Darius's New Satraps 47

I Negotiating Intervention: The Satraps, Ionia, and Sparta 50

Chapter 4 Tissaphernes's War and the Treaty of 411 53

The Ionian War and Athenian Resilience 54

Victory over Amorges 57

Revising the Terms of Alliance 60

Quarrel with Sparta and Contacts with Athens 66

The Treaty of 411 71

Chapter 5 The King's Navy and the Failure of Satrapal Intervention 76

Darius's Ships and Tissaphernes's Wages 77

The Ionian Garrison Expulsions 81

The Royal Fleet's Recall 86

The Satraps at the Hellespont 91

Pharnabazos's Timbers 96

Chapter 6 Cyrus the Younger and Spartan Victory 98

The Satraps on the Defensive 99

Darius and the Embassy of Boiotios 104

Cyrus Takes Command 107

Cyrus and Spartan Disaster 111

Cyrus's and Lysander's Road to Victory 114

Persia's Victory: Costs and Benefits 118

Chapter 7 Artaxerxes II and War with Sparta 122

Cyrus and the Second Loss of Ionia 123

Tissaphernes and Spartan Invasion 127

Naval Escalation and Tissaphernes's Downfall 133

Tithraustes's Truce and Pharnabazos's Defense of the North 139

Artaxerxes's Fleet and Victory at Knidos 143

Chapter 8 Persia, the Corinthian War, and the King's Peace 148

Timokrates's Mission to Greece 149

Pharnabazos's Revenge 151

Konon and Persian Aid to Athens 154

Tiribazos's Folly and the Peace Talks of 392 156

Strouthas and the Failure of Outreach to Athens 161

The King's Peace 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421423708

1421423707

OCLC:

991535831