T. presents a thoughtful analysis of the ways by which shifting communal identities impacted political decisions and how different political contexts in turn caused a change in salience for the polis, regional, sub-Hellenic ethnic and Greek identities held by Sicilian and Italian Greeks. These overlapping identities create a four-fold structure for the study, and one of the strengths of the work is T.'s demonstration of the interconnected and interdependent nature of these four identities.
Mark R. Thatcher is Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Classical Studies, at Boston College.