Interpreting the Athenian Empire

by: Ma, J. Papazarkadas, N. Parker, R.

Interpreting the Athenian Empire

John Ma (Volume Editor) , Robert Parker (Volume Editor) , Nikolaos Papazarkadas (Volume Editor) , Robert Parker (Anthology Editor) , John Ma (Anthology Editor) , Nikolaos Papazarkadas (Anthology Editor)

Description
The empire that the Athenians established in the years after 478 BC was an entirely new phenomenon in the history of Greece, and the basis of much of the brilliant development of Athenian culture in the fifth century. Its growth and collapse was the key event in the history of the period, after the defeat of the Persian invasion. Yet this important historical phenomenon remains baffling to study. New developments in various fields have made urgent a revision of existing approaches, which largely originated in the first half of the last century. Advances in archaeology have hugely extended the possibilities of writing an archaeology of the empire. The accepted chronology of many key inscriptions has been powerfully challenged, so that new narrative reconstructions become possible. Relevant new documents in languages such as Lycian have become available. Understanding of the Persian empire which was the parallel, and in a sense the model, with which the Athenian empire interacted has been transformed in the last quarter century. Broader developments in historiography (microhistory; history from below; and, post-colonial theory) invite us to pose new questions.The aim of this collection is not to offer a final word on any of the problems, but to give a sense of the possibility of a new generation of studies of the empire.

Table of Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction - Robert Parker
1. European Colonialist Perspectives on Athenian Power: Before and After the Epigraphic Explosion - Peter Liddel
2. Democracy, Empire and Epigraphy in the Twentieth Century - Lisa Kallet
3. Epigraphy and the Athenian Empire: Re-shuffling the Chronological Cards - Nikolaos Papazarkadas
4. Learning from the Enemy: Athenian and Persian 'Instruments of Empire'- Kurt A. Raaflaub
5. Empires, Statuses and Realities - John Ma
6. Did the Athenian Empire Promote Democracy? - Roger Brock
7. Lycia, Athens and Amorges - Peter Thonemann
8. What about Coinage? - John H. Kroll
9. 'The Attic Neighbour': The Cleruchy in the Athenian Empire - Alfonso Moreno
Afterword: Whither the Athenian Empire? - John Ma
General Index
Index of Sources

Interpreting the Athenian Empire

by: Ma, J. Papazarkadas, N. Parker, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780715637845
• ISBN-03: 0715637843
• Duckworth, London, 2009