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):

Imperialism--Case studies.

Imperialism.

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

Greece.

Athens (Greece)--Foreign relations.

Athens (Greece).

Sparta (Extinct city)--Foreign relations.

Sparta (Extinct city).

Achaemenid dynasty, 559 B.C.-330 B.C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]

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:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables and Maps

Acknowledgments

Translations, Spelling, and Units of Measure

Chapter 1. Achaemenid Persia and the Greeks across the Sea

The Traditional Model: Balancing Athens and Sparta

The Image of Persian World Supremacy

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

Chapter 2. Artaxerxes I and the Athenian Peace

The Peace of Kallias: In Search of a Persian Perspective

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

The Savings of Peace: Naval Reduction and Economic Gains

The Profits of Peace: Persia's Athenian Trade

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

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

Chapter 3. The Peloponnesian War and the Road to Intervention

Artaxerxes I and the Peloponnesian War

Darius II and Athens: From Philia to Enmity

Sicily, Tribute, and Darius's Intervention

Agents of Intervention: Darius's New Satraps

Negotiating Intervention: The Satraps, Ionia, and Sparta

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

The Ionian War and Athenian Resilience

Victory over Amorges

Revising the Terms of Alliance

Quarrel with Sparta and Contacts with Athens

The Treaty of 411

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

Darius's Ships and Tissaphernes's Wages

The Ionian Garrison Expulsions

The Royal Fleet's Recall

The Satraps at the Hellespont

Pharnabazos's Timbers

Chapter 6. Cyrus the Younger and Spartan Victory

The Satraps on the Defensive

Darius and the Embassy of Boiotios

Cyrus Takes Command

Cyrus and Spartan Disaster

Cyrus's and Lysander's Road to Victory

Persia's Victory: Costs and Benefits

Chapter 7. Artaxerxes II and War with Sparta

Cyrus and the Second Loss of Ionia.

Tissaphernes and Spartan Invasion

Naval Escalation and Tissaphernes's Downfall

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

Artaxerxes's Fleet and Victory at Knidos

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

Timokrates's Mission to Greece

Pharnabazos's Revenge

Konon and Persian Aid to Athens

Tiribazos's Folly and the Peace Talks of 392

Strouthas and the Failure of Outreach to Athens

The King's Peace

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-2371-5

OCLC:

1017003713