The Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World: Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence

ISBN-13: 9781108495547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 350 str.

Sylvian Fachard; Edward Harris

Opis

The book studies examples of destruction of Ancient Greek cities and provides examples of human resilience and economic recovery following catastrophe.

Recenzje

'… a must-read for both historians interested in the impact of war on cities and archaeologists who are dealing with the material remains of such events.' Alaya Palamidis, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction: destruction, survival, and recovery in the ancient Greek world Sylvian Fachard and Edward M. Harris; 2. Destruction, abandon, reoccupation: What Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology tell us Panagiotis Karkanas; 3. Miletus after the disaster of 494 B.C.: Refoundation or recovery? Hans Lohmann; 4. The Persian destruction of Athens: Sources and Archaeology John Mckesson Camp; 5. The Carthaginian conquest and destruction of Selinus in 409 B.C.: Diodorus and archaeology Clemente Marconi; 6. Ancient methone (354 B.C.): Destruction and abandonment Manthos Bessios, Athina Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas; 7. The destruction of cities in Northern Greece during the Classical and Hellenistic periods: The numismatic evidence Christos Gatzolis and Selene Psoma; 8. Eretria's “destructions” during the Hellenistic period and their impact on the city's development Guy Ackermann (translated by E. M. Harris and S. Fachard); 9. Rhodes ca. 227 B.C.: Destruction and recovery Alain Bresson; 10. Destruction, survival and colonisation: Effects of the Roman arrival to Epirus Björn Forsén; 11. From the destruction of Corinth to Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis, Kathleen W. Slane, and with Stephen Tracy; 12. Sulla and the siege of Athens: Reconsidering crisis, survival, and recovery in the 1st B.C. Dylan K. Rogers; 13. The Herulian invasion in Athens (A.D 267): The archaeological evidence Lamprini Chioti; 14. Epilogue. The survival of cities after military devastation: Comparing the classical Greek and Roman experience John Bintliff; 15. Appendix. The destruction and survival of cities.