War, Food, and Politics in Early Hellenistic Athens

ISBN-13: 9780199283507 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 360 str.

G. J. Oliver

Opis

G. J. Oliver provides a new assessment of the economic history of Athens in the Hellenistic era, when the city was no longer an imperial power and struggled to maintain its territory, both at home in Attica and overseas in the cleruchies. Oliver assesses how political and military change affected the fragile economies of the Athenian polis. Warfare in Attica required the Athenians to protect their domestic grain supply and seek out those beyond the city to provide commodities from abroad. Oliver stresses the economic importance of benefaction and civic honours, and shows how much the citizens of Athens contributed to the defence and finances of their city.

Recenzje

Oliver's contribution succeeds in painting a nuanced picture of the uncertainties caused by the decline of Athenian strength relative to that of the new Great Powers of the Hellenistic period.

O autorze

G. J. Oliver is Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture at Liverpool University.