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1 online resource (xxxii, 355 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figure, tables and maps; Maps; Preface and acknowledgements; Note on dates; Note on spellings; Special abbreviations; I The Acropolis of Greece; I.1 The Task; I.1.a The Topic; I.1.b Previous Work; I.1.c The Sources in Brief; I.1.d Outline of the Work; I.2 Historical Geography; I.2.a General Observations; I.2.b Regional Descriptions; Argolis; Korinthia and Sikyonia; Achaea; Eleia and Triphylia; Arkadia; Messenia; Laconia; I.2.c Geographical Issues; II Warfare and Control; II. 1 A Narrative in Context |
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II. 2 A Question of Upbringing: Hegemony and Anarchy down to Chaironeia (338)II. 2.a Earlier Spartan Domination; II. 2.b Spartan Over-reach and Collapse (404-362); II. 2.c Waiting for the Macedonian (362-338); II. 2.d Retrospective of the Period down to 338; II. 3 Temporary Kings: The Early Macedonian Years (338-301); II. 3.a Philip and Alexander: Acquiescence, Revolt, and Reaction (338-323); II. 3.b Further Unrest and Tighter Control (323-319); II. 3.c The Subversion of Antipater's System and Growing Antigonid Power (319-301); II. 3.d Retrospective of 338-301 |
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II. 4 The Military Philosophers: Resistance and Reaction under the Antigonids (301-222)II. 4.a First Interruption and Restoration of Antigonid Power (301-287); II. 4.b Gonatas Meets Resistance (287-c. 267); II. 4.c Concerted Revolt and Harsh Response (c. 268-c. 252); II. 4.d The Achaean League Erodes Gonatas' Control (c. 252-239); II. 4.e Sparta's Resurgence and Further Defeat (239-222); II. 4.f Retrospective of 301-222; II. 5 The Soldier's Art: Achaea between Macedonia and Rome (222-197); II. 5.a Aitolian Opportunism and Spartan Alienation (222-217) |
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II. 5.b From the Peace of Naupaktos to the Macedonians' Expulsion (217-197)II. 5.c Retrospective of 222-197; II. 6 Control and Geostrategy; II. 7 Epilogue: 197-146; III Power and Politics; III. 1 Polis Societies; III. 2 Garrisons, 'Tyrants', and Macedonian Power; III. 2.a Garrisons and 'Tyrants' Before Chaironeia (338); III. 2.b Garrisons and 'Tyrants' from Chaironeia to Kynoskephalai (338-197); Garrisons After 338 (with or without Evidence of Tyranny); 'Tyrannies' After 338; III. 2.c Garrisons and 'Tyrants': A Balance-sheet; The Case Against Macedonia; The Case for the Defence; A Reassessment |
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III. 3 Politics and StasisIII. 3.a Political Divisions and Stasis Before Leuktra (371); States Normally Oligarchic Before Leuktra; States Disputed between Democracy and Oligarchy Before Leuktra; States Normally Democratic Before Leuktra; Summary; III. 3.b Political Divisions and Stasis from Leuktra to Chaironeia (371-338); States Normally Oligarchic between Leuktra and Chaironeia; States Disputed between Democracy and Oligarchy between Leuktra and Chaironeia; States Normally Democratic between Leuktra and Chaironeia; Summary; III. 3.c Political Divisions and Stasis After Chaironeia (338-197) |
| Summary |
Examines developments in the heartland of Greece after the reign of Alexander the Great, and rejects the usual pessimistic picture |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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| SUBJECT |
Peloponnesus (Greece : Peninsula) -- History -- To 1500
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Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057087
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| Subject |
Greece
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Greece -- Peloponnesus (Peninsula)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108559324 |
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1108559328 |
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9781139034012 |
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1139034014 |
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052187369X |
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9780521873697 |
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1108657869 |
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9781108657860 |
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