Athens after empire : a history from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian / Ian Worthington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthington, Ian, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hellenism--Historiography.

Hellenism.

Athens (Greece)--History.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations (colour).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Athens After Empire' provides a detailed history of Athens and its constancy as a crucial part of the Mediterranean landscape. This narrative history of post-Classical Athens extends the period of study and expands research into the areas of socio-cultural change.

Contents:

Introduction: "This is the city of Hadrian and not of Theseus"

Farewell to freedom

Under the puppet ruler : Demetrius of Phalerum

Political and civic institutions

Demetrius "the besieger" and Athens

Testing Macedonia

Independence day

Enter Rome, exit Macedonia

Being free without freedom

Social life and religion

Sulla's sack of Athens

The end of "hellenistic" Athens

Augustus and Athens

Tiberius to Hadrian

Building a new horizon?

Hadrian's arch.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-063400-6

0-19-063401-4

0-19-063399-9