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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      01 May 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511481413
      9780521855877
      9780521349536
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481413
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 404 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 404 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology
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    Early in the archaic period of Greek history, Messenia was annexed and partially settled by its powerful neighbour, Sparta. Achieving independence in the fourth century BC, the inhabitants of Messenia set about trying to forge an identity for themselves separate from their previous identity as Spartan subjects, refunctionalising or simply erasing their Spartan heritage. Professor Luraghi provides a thorough examination of the history of Messenian identity and consequently addresses a range of questions and issues whose interest and importance have only been widely recognised by ancient historians during the last decade. By a detailed scrutiny of the ancient written sources and the archaeological evidence, the book reconstructs how the Messenians perceived and constructed their own ethnicity at different points in time, by applying to Messenian ethnicity insights developed by anthropologists and early medieval historians.

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    'Luraghi draws an interesting and detailed picture of the construction of the ethnic identity of the ancient Messenians throughout the centuries from the Bronze Age to the Imperial era.'

    Source: Arctos

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