Title The destruction of cities in the ancient Greek world : integrating the archaeological and literary evidence / edited by Sylvian Fachard, University of Lausanne; Edward M. Harris, University of Durham

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction destruction, survival, and recovery in the ancient Greek world -- Destruction, abandonment, reoccupation : what microstratigraphy and micromorphology tell us -- Miletus after the disaster of 494 B.C. : refoundation or recovery? -- The Persian destruction of Athens : sources and archaeology -- The Carthaginian conquest and destruction of Selinus in 409 B.C. : Diodorus and archaeology -- Ancient Methone (354 B.C.) : destruction and abandonment -- The destruction of cities in Northern Greece during the classical and hellenistic periods : the numismatic evidence -- Eretria's "destructions" during the hellenistic period and their impact on the city's development -- Rhodes circa 227 B.C. : destruction and recovery -- Destruction, survival, and colonisation : effects of the Roman arrival to Epirus -- From the destruction of Corinth to Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis -- Sulla and the siege of Athens : reconsidering crisis, survival, and recovery in the first century B.C. -- The Herulian invasion in Athens (A.D. 267) : the archaeological evidence -- Epilogue: the survival of cities after military devastation comparing the classical Greek and Roman experience -- Appendix: the destruction and survival of cities Summary "From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome by Alaric, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombing of European cities in World War II and now the devastation of Syrian towns filmed by drones, the destruction of cities and monuments and the slaughter of civilian populations are among the most dramatic events in world history. Since the beginning of literature and figurative art, authors, storytellers, bards, poets, artists, tragedians, historians, art historians, and archaeologists have been fascinated by the evocative power of destructions and ruined cities"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2021) Subject Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece -- Congresses War and society -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses Postwar reconstruction -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses Archaeology and literature -- Greece -- Congresses Antiquities. Archaeology and literature. Cities and towns, Ancient. Postwar reconstruction. War and society. SUBJECT Greece -- Antiquities -- Congresses Subject Greece. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. History. Form Electronic book Author Fachard, Sylvian, editor. Harris, Edward Monroe, editor. LC no. 2021017204 ISBN 9781108850292 1108850294 9781108851992 1108851991

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